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Mom forced to pay former employer thousands after switching jobs during maternity leave...
yahoo.com ^ | May 14, 2019 | Paulina Cachero

Posted on 05/15/2019 9:27:33 AM PDT by grundle

Full title: Mom forced to pay former employer thousands after switching jobs during maternity leave: 'I wasn’t prepared for it'

Emily Manley knew exactly what to expect when she was expecting: additional expenses for baby food, clothes, formula, doctor’s appointments and medicine. But the one cost the new mom wasn’t anticipating was footing a hefty bill from her previous employer.

“It was kind of a shock. I wasn’t prepared for it. I wasn’t ready for it, but I knew it was a possibility,” Manley told ABC13.

The company Manley previously worked for didn’t offer paid maternity leave. But, under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), she was eligible for an unpaid, job-protected leave that included the continuation of her original health care benefits and coverage. So the 30-year-old mom took three unpaid months off to care for her newborn son, Jettson.

Before taking advantage of her unpaid family leave, however, Manley was required to use all of her paid time off.

“As part of FMLA you are required to take all of your [paid time off] prior to the unpaid portion of leave,” Manley tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “So I was given the [paid time off] on January 1, required to take it in February.”

While on maternity leave, the Iowa mom received a job offer that she felt would be better for her growing family, and she couldn’t pass it up. “While on leave I saw an opening with a company that I had worked with previously and they offer benefits that are much better for a young family,” Manley said, adding that she accepted the position. “This new position is healthier for me, our son and my family.

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To: grundle

This is why I don’t hire women of child bearing age. I’ve had good luck with 40-50 year olds.


21 posted on 05/15/2019 9:49:30 AM PDT by umgud
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To: dinodino

Dont even be sorry.

She is just playing ignorant


22 posted on 05/15/2019 9:50:07 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Meet George Jetson..


23 posted on 05/15/2019 9:50:20 AM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: Vigilanteman

“That being said, charging her for vacation days was out of line if said days were duly earned.”

Where do you get she was charged for vacation days?


24 posted on 05/15/2019 9:50:52 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: DoodleDawg
So the 30-year-old mom took three unpaid months off to care for her newborn son, Jettson. And her dog, Astro?


"Emily! Emily! Stop this crazy thing!"

25 posted on 05/15/2019 9:50:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: grundle
Meet Jettson:


26 posted on 05/15/2019 9:51:53 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: dfwgator
"Emily! Emily! Stop this crazy thing!"

Jane.

27 posted on 05/15/2019 9:51:58 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: fungoking

I noticed that Yahoo gimmick as well. That’s why I went to Dissenter (via Gab) and wrote on the Yahoo article itself.


28 posted on 05/15/2019 9:52:08 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: grundle
Well at least she has some help at home....


29 posted on 05/15/2019 9:52:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: jeannineinsd
I have seen women come back to work after maternity leave, then immediately give two weeks notice.

If this woman had returned to work, given the old employer notice, then started the new job after working through her two weeks notice, I believe she would have avoided having to pay back the company’s share of the health care costs.

I'll add that the above isn't exactly fair to the employer, as the employer has the cost of keeping the job open all those months, but that is what I have seen women do.

30 posted on 05/15/2019 9:53:06 AM PDT by jeannineinsd
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To: grundle

Jettson? What the hell is that?


31 posted on 05/15/2019 9:53:24 AM PDT by lesko
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To: DoodleDawg

The woman in the article is named “Emily”


32 posted on 05/15/2019 9:53:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: TexasGator

By using company money to pay her insurance benefits.
Yes, its a loophole under FMLA provisions, but she was not entitled to use that money.


33 posted on 05/15/2019 9:54:49 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ruh Roh!


34 posted on 05/15/2019 9:55:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: grundle

she should have to pay double just for naming her son “Jettson”


35 posted on 05/15/2019 9:56:32 AM PDT by strider44
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To: jeannineinsd
I have seen women come back to work after maternity leave, then immediately give two weeks notice.

I've heard of that happening, too. At least this woman was honest enough to give her employer notice before returning to work, and she says she'll be paying the bill.

36 posted on 05/15/2019 9:58:59 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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To: grundle

37 posted on 05/15/2019 10:02:18 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: grundle

She has a vagina, right?

Oh the Entitlement...


38 posted on 05/15/2019 10:02:38 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Michael.SF.

George Jettson...the shiniest goldbrick in the the whole company.

Mr. Spacely - President & CEO, Spacely Sprockets.


39 posted on 05/15/2019 10:02:58 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: dinodino
I know an individual who was hired and the company failed to inform her she was ‘temporary’, filling a position for a gal on maternity leave until the day she came back to work. Imagine her shock to see another person at her desk!.. She went to HR to find out what was going on and only then was informed and they'd be moving her to another position if she wanted it.......she left the company then and there.
40 posted on 05/15/2019 10:03:39 AM PDT by caww
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