California labor laws help????

Question

If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it I keep gettingthe  run around from everyone I call! 
March 17 my OB recommended light duty at work because I was over worked and kept ending up in the ER due to dehydration and exhaustion from work. My boss and managers didn't care and also didn't support my gestational diabetes struggle. Anyways my boss would not accommodate light duty so my OB put me out for disibility due to my gestational diabetes. I was set to take maternity leave may 15-oct 1. Well now my boss is writing me saying my
Maternity leave is over on July 17. My due date is june 6. 
Does anyone know if being put out on disibility for diabetes counts against my maternity leave? When I call labor board they send me to disability who then sends me to equal housing because I'm pregnant. And they send me back to labor laws. I'm so confused. I didn't plan on staying at the job very long IF I even went back because of the way they treated me but not having a job to go back to has me worried. Any help would be appreciated like I said. I'm stressing big time.

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Your employer is wrong. In CA if your doc writes you out you can go on temp state disability. You get 3o days off prior to your delivery date paid from the state on both unemployment and short term state disability. So if you are due June 6 you can take leave may 6. Once you have the baby then your 12 weeks kicks in. Also if after you have the baby your doc writes you out for longer like post pardon depression for example and gives you another 2 weeks or a month that's all paid through the state and you turn the info from your doc into the job and they have to comply. If they don't it's wrongful termination and you could sue and definately win. Your doc or the receptionist should have all this info. If you belong to Kaiser they will help you fill out all the paperwork. CA is by far one of the best states to be prego. Do your research online Google it and get all your ducks in a row. That's what I did and took about 4 months off with my first

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It sounds like you need to talk to HR- while you may be eligible for SDI/PFL, your employer may not have to adhere to FMLA (depends on company size I believe) so perhaps there are standards for how long your job is protected?? Or your boss is wrong and HR should be able to advise as well. So sorry you're going through that! Hope you get it figured out.

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I don't know if CA offers you any specific protections, but (assuming you qualify for and are using FMLA) your employer can take the time you need off due to pregnancy complications from your 12 weeks maternity leave. http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/1421.htm
It sucks. I don't know why we're so behind the rest of the world when it comes to maternity leave.

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I'm not sure about California laws but I would think that disability was one thing & maternity leave is completely different. So your maternity leave shouldn't kick in until you go in to delivery.

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I dont know about disability counting against you....i think as ling as u work there your entitled to it. Each state is a little different but MOST say you work there for a year u get 6wks but it doesnt have to be paid.

California labor laws help????

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