Does anyone know about maternity leave?

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Hi guys. Is maternity leave only for full time employees? I just thkught it was weird at work today. When I got there my head supervisor asked me my due date because corporate wanted to know. Then 30 mins before my shift is over, they came and told me my hours got cut by 30 mins. Where I'm from 30 hours a week is full time and that is what I had, now I'm not considered full time anymore because of my 30 min a day loss. Can you help me understand how maternity leave works

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It would help immensely if you added what country you are from. Each nation has different maternity leave laws. But I'm guessing from the dbag way your company went about it, it's the US.

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That sounds like descrimination to me! I'd talk to HR about your rights. 
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​Where are you based?
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​In Aus I'm pretty sure all workers are able to access mat leave but of you're less than full time you get paid at the rate at which you work. Ie if you work 50% of the week you'd get paid 50% of the full time mat leave rate. Does this make sense?

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They have to give notice before cutting your hours and I would be demanding them to stay the same. Otherwise it's discrimination because of your pregnancy!!

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This link might help you. http://pregnancy.lovetoknow.com/wiki/California_Maternity_Leave
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​I would also ask why your hours were cut. From what I've been informed of in my HR dept you don't need to be a fulltime employee but you need to have worked there for a certain number of hours to qualify for maternity leave. 
​One thing to keep in mind is that although you cannot be fired or laid off for being pregnant, it doesn't mean you are protected in case of a larger layoff/firing due to workforce reduction. You can still get laid off/fired, but for reasons other than bring pregnant. Hope this helps!

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What!? I would be quite angry. I hope you didn't lose any benefits, such as insurance, a lot of places offer you PTO with FT employment. I think at a lot of places they're   required to offer you 3 months. But! If your not full time, often times they won't have to pay you for while your on it. Do you have a rule book or HR Manual online? I would do some serious digging. That seems really shady.

Does anyone know about maternity leave?

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