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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Maternity leave
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 13:29:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 13:29:13 1985
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> All around, this maternity leave business doesn't seem to work out 
> to such a great deal. It basically adds up to four weeks of possibly
> half pay.
> Nor does it seem to particularly encourage women to stay home 
> as opposed to men. However, my impression is that few men
> take advantage of the childcare leave possibility. 
> 
> Susan Slusky

Agreed. My wife works for a company whose policy provides the bare minimum
required by New York State law: whatever vacation the parent may have
saved up prior to and following delivery, then up to 90 days leave, unpaid,
with your job guaranteed afterward. Beyond 90 days, you are on your own; you
would have to re-inerview to get *some* job back, with no guarantee that
you would get a comparable salary, etc.

Incidentally, I speak of "parent", but the company would consider it *very*
weird, and cause for *severe* suspicion of the employee's dedication
if the *father* were to take the 90 days in question.

So although the AT&T policy is not *that* much of a boon to either parent,
it is still much more generous than at least one other company's.

Marcel Simon

Disclaimer: although I work for AT&T-IS, this posting and others I
may post or have posted on the subject reflect my own
views of company policy, as well as my own opinions thereof. Any inaccuracy
is my responsibility.