May 2007 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Short Term Disability question
So when I am on maternity leave I am not going to get paid at all. Does anyone have any experiecnce with short term disability? I wanted to find out if I would qualify while I was out. We are saving right now in case I don't have any income during that time but it would be nice to not have to drain my savings. Thanks girls.
Re: Short Term Disability question
If your company doesn't offer std you should be able to get it through the state. I was covered through my company so I had xx amount of weeks where I received my salary in full and then xx amount of weeks where I received 60% of my salary. Then I also used vacation time (I got 6 weeks every year and didn't use any since I pretty much worked from home all last year), and took advantage of the parent leave act and had an additional 5 weeks of leave which was unpaid but covered under fmla.
Check out this website.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_maternity-leave-the-basics_449.bc
STD was offered through my work. I was able to receive 6 weeks (8 if I had a c-section). The first week (if I wanted to get paid before it kicked in) I had to use vacation/personal time. Then when the STD kicked in I got paid. I don't remember the exact breakdown but I know it wasn't 100% of salary the entire time, more like 60 or 67%.
Because my employer falls under FMLA rules, I took an additional 6 weeks off unpaid (I could have used vacation time but preferred to "save" it just in case I needed to take days off for doctor's appointments and such.)
Also, my employer pro-rated my vacation/personal days, so that is something to ask too.
If your company doesn't offer it, you should definitely look into whether or not the state covers it. My understanding is that a small portion of each check is taken out and paid into the state std. If your office manager doesn't know, the office manager at your ob's office might know who you can call to find out since she is probably the one to send all of the std paperwork with the doctor's signatures.
Thank you Kristi that is a really good idea, I will ask on Tuesday at my appointment!