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amother
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 Mon, Jan 13 2025, 7:52 pm
Can I take a full 4 (before) + 6 (after) weeks maternity leave and then 12 weeks family leave and not return to work afterwards? Using the NJ state plan, my company has no private plan (and no HR services).
Also, if I take medical leave even earlier due to bedrest or similar, will that affect my maternity leave after the baby?
(Just for the record, I've been working in the same unpaying, underappreciated job for over 15 years and never took full advantage of all these govt giveaways. I am burnt out and need time to deal with my family and my own health and explore going out on my own. Wish I could stop working and be a SAHM but that's not in the cards...)
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amother
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Mon, Jan 13 2025, 7:54 pm
When I spoke to LRRC they told me you have to go back to work for at least one day. There's nothing stopping you from quitting after that first day.
Taking early maternity leave will not affect your leave after the baby. Without complications, you can get paid from 36 weeks, with complications even earlier. The only thing it does affect is your job protection, which you're probably not worried about at this point.
Always put you in your family before your company. Your company never puts you or your family first.
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amother
Lotus
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Mon, Jan 13 2025, 8:22 pm
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I did that. Got disability and family leave and never went back
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amother
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Mon, Jan 13 2025, 10:31 pm
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I did it but couldn’t give official notice before. However, it was really because my boss wanted to fire me so I begged him to let me stay officially while I finished my maternity leave. So we unofficially agreed.
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amother
NeonYellow
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Mon, Jan 13 2025, 10:33 pm
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Legally you can't. If there are ways to get around it like only quitting after, probably.
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amother
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Mon, Jan 13 2025, 10:41 pm
| amother Slateblue wrote: | | I did it but couldn’t give official notice before. However, it was really because my boss wanted to fire me so I begged him to let me stay officially while I finished my maternity leave. So we unofficially agreed. |
Because your boss is not the one paying for the leave, the state is. So he had little to lose by keeping you on.
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