Paternity Leave

Your Daily Internet Marketing Tool # 28 - Paternity Leave

You may have noticed that I haven't blogged since May 2nd. Well, you guessed it, we had our Baby!

Yes, Baby Kaye was born Saturday night May 3rd @ 9:29 p.m. in San Francisco.  For the next week (to 90 days) I'll be sharing the highs and lows of being a new Dad and new family. 

For the last 9 days, I've been on Paternity Leave, that's right fellas, I'm blessed to be in a home based business that allows me to create my own hours, work from home (or change a diaper), write my own pay check, and most importantly be there for my wife and family during this sweet time in our lives.

Watch this video to see which countries in the world have paternity leave and how you can set yourself up for life.

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here's some more information about Getting Paternity Leave if you live in California

How can I tell if I'm entitled to unpaid leave?

Start by talking to your company's human resources department. Many employers are required by federal law to allow their employees (both men and women) 12 weeks of unpaid family leave after the birth or adoption of a child under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). At the end of your leave, your employer must allow you to return to your job or a similar job with the same salary, benefits, working conditions, and seniority.

You're eligible if you meet both of the following conditions:

• You work for the federal government, a state or local government, or any company that has 50 or more employees working within 75 miles of your workplace.
• You've worked for your employer for at least 12 months and for at least 1,250 hours during the previous year (which comes out to 25 hours per week for 50 weeks).

There are a few exceptions: Your employer can deny you this leave if you're in the highest paid 10 percent of wage earners at your company and can show that your absence would cause substantial economic harm to the organization. In this case, your employer isn't required to keep your job open for you.

Another exception is if you and your partner both work for the same company. In this case, you're only entitled to a combined 12 weeks of parental leave between the two of you.

Even if you're not eligible under the FMLA, you may still be eligible for leave under your state's provisions, which are usually more generous than the FMLA, or under your company's policy.

Your company may require that any paid leave you take count toward the 12 weeks allowed under FMLA. But some states allow you to take the full 12 weeks in addition to whatever paid leave you've taken and, of course, individual employers may also allow this.

You can use your unpaid leave in any way you want during the first year after your child is born or placed with you. That means you can take it all at once or, as long as your employer agrees, spread it out over your child's first year by taking it in chunks or reducing your normal weekly or daily work schedule.