FMLA for Pregnancy

irishbaby0708

Does any one know anything about this?  It looks like you still get disability 4 weeks before and 6 weeks after and than can take 6 weeks paid FMLA.  Does anyone know if this is correct?

MrsEvans2Be

yes, the FMLA kicks in after disability.......the new paid disability runs concurrently with FMLA.

phillygrl16

Ugh! I work in PA so I'm not eligible for NJ's 4 weeks before. I do get 12 weeks total leave (6 weeks paid, 6 weeks FMLA). I don't get the paid FMLA either.

my due date is Saturday and I'm still technically working. Thankfully, I can work from home.

I do believe that teachers do not get the paid FMLA b/c of they are 10 month employees. I don't think they get paid disability either - just whatever time they have saved.

YouAreMyILoveYou

First, FMLA has nothing to do with NJ Short Term Disability. FMLA is a federal program and all it does is guarentee that you have a job to return to after your leave. There are reqirements for you to be covered under FMLA and it has to do with the size of your company/how many employees they have. FMLA allows you 12 weeks of leave for year -- and the year does not begn in January, it begins when you first envoke the FML. So if you have your baby in Nov 2009 you have 12 weeks to use until Nov 2010, you don't get 12 new weeks in Jan.

As far as NJ paid disability, you can be eligible if your company doesn't have a STD program of its own. They pay you 60% of your salary for 6 weeks (8 for c/s). They will pay the same 60% for the 4 weeks leading up to your delivery if your OB says that due to your pregnancy you can no longer work (the papers sent to the state ask for a specific diagnosis, simply being pregnant doesn't qualify). But keep in mind, a due date is an estimate and you can go up to 2 weeks late. If you are written out 4 weeks prior to your due date but deliver late you will be on unpaid leave anytime past 4 weeks and until you deliver.

Also, if you do not use the 4 weeks before delivery you can't add it on to after the delivery.

I don't know the particulars of the new NJ family leave act because I work for the fed gov so it doesn't apply to me. If I were you I would schedule a meeting with your HR rep to see where your company falls within all of this.

Hope that helped -- congrats & good luck!

MrsEvans2Be

teachers ARE eligible for the *new* disability thing that Corzine just signed to start July 1st. As a teacher I can use sick time for four weeks before, six weeks after (c-section)....FMLA kicks in for 12 weeks after that (no pay just benefits) and runs concurrent with the new Corzine thing.

pmdtcnj

from what my HR person told me, I can take six weeks of sick days after baby's born, which sucks since my LO will be born in the summer, then I can use FMLA 6 weeks paid(60%) and 6 weeks no pay just benefits after that. better than nothin!

sme605

Don't confuse the new paid Family Leave that NJ has starting July 1 with disability.  Your husband is also able to take time off under the new paid family leave to care for a newborn.