Q. Is there a law or reasonable standard regarding how many weeks maternity leave should be? And should we make that a written policy in our employee handbook? Even with FMLA, to which our employees are entitled, we thought maternity leave was either six or eight weeks, depending on type of delivery. —J.F., Pennsylvania
‘Reasonable’ Maternity Leave Doesn’t Matter Under FMLA
To continue reading this page, become an
HR Specialist Premium Plus member today!
HR Specialist Premium Plus member today!
Your subscription includes:
Ask the Attorney: Answers to your HR legal questions- Compliance Guidance: Access to 7,000 HR news articles, updated daily, sorted by state
- State-by-State: Summaries of HR laws in all 50 states
- Manager's Training Library: a treasure trove of printable training guides
- Memos to Managers for simple staff training
- The Hiring Toolkit: Job descriptions, interview questions & exemption tests for 200+ positions
- Webinar of the Week: Train instantly with recent recordings
- Sample Policies, Weekly Podcasts, Q&As and much, much more ...
