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Maternity leave...
Ok, the way my district runs it, I get a set amount per day (duh). When all your sick leave is used up, (ten days a year), if you call in sick and have a Dr. Note, they:
1)take your daily amount
2) Pay the sub first
3) pay you what's left (and they tax on this step, thank god)
So....I was out on maternity leave for Jan, Feb, and the first week of March. I got HALF my normal checks.
Reminder, Collin is daycare for the kids. I am the sole funding here (almost).
Things last month were tight, but my Tax Return helped. This month they were more tight. Like, "which bill do I pay" tight.
Then this morning I get a genius Idea. Call my disability people and see if the bastards actually got my claim.
Last year with Cailie, I filed the claim at Halloween, and got it for Xmas. Like 3 days before Xmas.
This time I filed March 23. I'm sitting here, knowing that I *may* get that government bribe in May, that I AM teaching summer school, that I AM getting a retro raise check. May, June, July, Aug, And Sept are fine. APRIL was going to be tight.
So I call. "Yes, we received your claim on March 23rd. (I faxed it!) Yes, we looked over your claim.
Your check was mailed April First. Not a joke. $2,000 (I honestly have no idea the true amount, because when I heard they had already mailed the check I freaked in a happy way).
Woot! Bills will be paid TONIGHT!
1)take your daily amount
2) Pay the sub first
3) pay you what's left (and they tax on this step, thank god)
So....I was out on maternity leave for Jan, Feb, and the first week of March. I got HALF my normal checks.
Reminder, Collin is daycare for the kids. I am the sole funding here (almost).
Things last month were tight, but my Tax Return helped. This month they were more tight. Like, "which bill do I pay" tight.
Then this morning I get a genius Idea. Call my disability people and see if the bastards actually got my claim.
Last year with Cailie, I filed the claim at Halloween, and got it for Xmas. Like 3 days before Xmas.
This time I filed March 23. I'm sitting here, knowing that I *may* get that government bribe in May, that I AM teaching summer school, that I AM getting a retro raise check. May, June, July, Aug, And Sept are fine. APRIL was going to be tight.
So I call. "Yes, we received your claim on March 23rd. (I faxed it!) Yes, we looked over your claim.
Your check was mailed April First. Not a joke. $2,000 (I honestly have no idea the true amount, because when I heard they had already mailed the check I freaked in a happy way).
Woot! Bills will be paid TONIGHT!
Second: You would think, with the pro-family stance that is currently prevalent in politics, that there would be more encouragement for parents to spend time bonding with their new children by encouraging maternity leave (to both men and women) that is PAID.
This rant brought to you by someone who doesn't have children, doesn't plan on having children and is still cheezed off.
Us is the only industrialized nation that has this bad a maternity leave. Some nations (usually semi socialist, like Norway) give full pay for both parents for 6 months.
It's a shame.