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I recently left my job of almost two years because I was tired of my boss wanting me to develop Stockholm Syndrome. Truly, the man wanted to challenge me regularly in regards to my labor rights and then expected me to be thankful for it. Case in point, when I went on maternity leave, he told me he was not legally required to hold a position for me since he did not employ 100 employees or more. Fortunately, I was up-to-date on my Department of Labor Laws and was able to send him this little tidbit straight from the DOL website:

“The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.

FMLA is designed to help employees balance their work and family responsibilities by allowing them to take reasonable unpaid leave for certain family and medical reasons. It also seeks to accommodate the legitimate interests of employers and promote equal employment opportunity for men and women.

FMLA applies to all public agencies, all public and private elementary and secondary schools, and companies with 50 or more employees. These employers must provide an eligible employee with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year for any of the following reasons:

• for the birth and care of the newborn child of an employee;

• for placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care;

• to care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, or parent) with a serious health condition; or

• to take medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition.

Employees are eligible for leave if they have worked for their employer at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work at a location where the company employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles. Whether an employee has worked the minimum 1,250 hours of service is determined according to FLSA principles for determining compensable hours or work.

Time taken off work due to pregnancy complications can be counted against the 12 weeks of family and medical leave.”

After finally deciding that I’d had enough, I applied and was hired elsewhere and put in my notice. My ex-boss’ response? “You just have no loyalty, Kate.”

And he’s right, I have absolutely no loyalty to him - and thank goodness!

Posted by greeneyes @ 06:25 PM · (10) Comments · (6) Trackbacks ·
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Good for you!  No loyalty, indeed ... scary, and depressing, that companies will try and pull this kind of thing either knowingly or unknowingly.  It’s part of their job to know and comply.

While I sometimes (often) moan about the processes that come from working for a larger organization and as part of an even larger union, it does mean that pretty much everything is written down and has a process. 

Happy new job!

Jenn  on  03/21  at  11:36 PM

Good for you, Kate!!!!  It horrifies me that employers have no regard for the rights of their employees.  Sheesh… talk about loyalty, where is his??

Good going Kate.. you did the right thing.

Lizzie  on  03/22  at  09:05 AM

Hello Kate,

How large or small was his business, in terms of employees?

Thanks, Dorali

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