Tag: time off

You’re looking forward to your new bundle of joy, but perhaps a little stressed about how you will manage your new arrival along with your job?  Wondering if you will be able to take time off to be with your baby, but unsure if your job will be open to you when you return?  Don’t fret—both the federal law and many state laws provide parents protected time off for the birth of, and bonding with, his/her newborn.

Under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, employers are prohibited from discriminating against or treating a woman applicant for employment or employee unfavorably because of her pregnancy or due to childbirth

The following is an excerpt from "Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink"

After our third child was born, my husband, Brian, and I, both full-time working parents entered a new level of busy. We created an elaborate schedule to try to get everything done, but things kept going wrong. The worst was when one of us got sick, because chances were, all of us would get sick, which meant being stuck in the house for a week or more, missing work, missing school, missing sleep, getting bored off our nut on Scooby-Doo cartoons.