Paid leave?

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How many nurses out there get NO Paid maternity leave? I will only have 4 weeks PTO by then so it is stressing me out! Before I got pregnant I just assumed places like hospitals gave their employees some pay.

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I'm a nurse...we have to use our PTO to supplement whatever disability will give us. We save lives for crying out loud. You think we would get leave! It's been stressing me out too 😞

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I'm a nurse in California. We get 6 weeks maternity leave and 6 weeks "family bonding" time 75% of our pay, and you can take more time depending on how much PTO you have. This is my second baby in California and glad for it bc they have the best family leave laws. Not to mention mandated nurse/patient ratios. Best place to be a nurse!

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Makes me angry reading what you ladies are entitled to in the US! In the UK the government basic is entitlement to a year off (you can share this between you or your partner taking the leave) and its 90% of your normal pay for 6 weeks then £140 a week for the next 33 weeks

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I work for the state of Florida and unless I have the time build up (which I won't have the full 12wks build up) I don't get paid but we knew we wanted another so I added on extra insurance last October (when open enrollment was) which will pay me a half or a third of my pay (can't remember) while I'm on maternity leave

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In theory, I can take up to 12 weeks of fmla.  BUT I only get paid for the time I have saved up in pto.  AND, it's risky, because if you need to take fmla for anything else you're screwed.  You have to be pretty sure no one in your family is going to up and die, need surgery, etc.!  Short term disability specifically excludes maternity leave where I am.

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I'm a tech at a health care facility and we do not have paid leave either. I work full-time but technically I'm only a part-time employee so my pto won't even accumulate for much paid time off. I'm super frustrated and I'm not sure what I'll do at this point. I'm hoping it'll all work out somehow. Short term disability may also be an option

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I work in KY and we have to use our PTO/sick time for maternity leave. Unfortunately my mom passed away when I was pregnant with my last son so I only had 5 weeks worth of paid time left. It was awful but we made it through. And I'm an OB nurse, go figure!

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I have to use pto. I'm scared I won't have a lot of pto since I've only been here since March and baby comes Dec 16th! So, I'm really not sure what might happen.

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I'm an L&D RN in Wisconsin, I work for Aurora Hospitals and have zero paid maternity leave. I have the option of 12 weeks unpaid.

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I'm not a nurse I'm a scrub tech and we get PTO and short term disability. You're paid on your years of service and I've now been with the company 8 years so I'm up to 80% of my pay and it's not taxed. It could be worse so I'm grateful I've got this much right now. My sister works for a hospital that has PTO only and she accrues next to nothing.

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