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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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f/u to sooo pumped, now not so pumped
Just found out I do not qualify for FMLA and will have to take an unpaid leave of absence. Honestly, almost started bawling. Had such a crap weekend with the flu or whatever friggin virus took over my system.
I've barely eaten in two days (and what I ate, have thrown up). and this news just wasn't exciting. So much for my long maternity leave. I now have to take to the union to try to get donated sick days.
uh.
Re: f/u to sooo pumped, now not so pumped
and my union rep said if I have to go unpaid it means I lose my insurance as well. Turning out to be awesome!
So much for me wanting all these snow days.
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. -Henry Miller
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You have to be at your job for a year
There are several requirements to qualify unfortunately.
Tripin I'm so sorry
That stinks and I hope things work out!
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
Sorry, I wanted you to know because it was a serious blow to us too and trying to find the money was tough (plus Ed Techs don't have a "sick bank" so I didn't have anyone to ask for sick days) and we were definitely stretching the budget while I was home until Josh started working at camp...
Jess, a teacher's official hire date is the night of the school board meeting that approves the hiring of the position... the earliest an approval usually comes is May if the teacher was hired at the end of a school year, usually June, but most over the summer hires happen at the July or August school board meeting so unless Erin got hired REALLY early (and I can't remember when you got hired) it wouldn't be a full year.
Thanks for the heads up Kristen, I didn't see your earlier post, but now I see it
Yeah, my technical date was July, so I am 2 months short of a year. I'm going to chat with the sick day union rep tomorrow and it looks like I just might squeak it out - maybe. Our school has a HUGE sick bank that no one uses, so I'm hoping they are generous. But they think it'll more or less be around 30 days ::fingers crossed::.
Right now my greatest concern is that either A the baby comes early or B we have so many freakin snow days that my sick days and sick bank days aren't enough. I can handle a few weeks unpaid, but if I have to go on unpaid, I lose my insurance and me and both babies are going to be on that. So that could be a big problem.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel better after chatting with the union guy. I'm just so annoyed at our country for making it impossible to be a family anymore. It's too expensive to be a one income family, but they think women can magically just hop back to work full time and ship the kids to daycare. Blah.
I'll be over it in a day or two
I totally agree that the US is not set up to support families. I get all pissy about that every few weeks or so
If your due date is July though, won't you be on summer vacation anyway until September? Or does this school go through the summer? Because if so, it seems that you wouldn't really be taking any FMLA days until September actually hits, which would be the year mark? I'm sure I'm missing something because that seems too good to be true.
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06