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<p>Why is that? People pick their poisons. You can have a baby anytime that you want. The net-net is still, that you will burn your own accumulated sick days (however you can borrow up to 20 days from your future time allotment).</p>
<p>I worked in corporate life when my D was born. I received a nice fruit basket and a card from my boss. I also received a nice letter from HR stating what day I needed to be back to work as I was only being paid for 6 weeks (although, I had the option of taking up to 3 months but everything over 6 weeks would be unpaid). I also know a lot of women who have babies and collect NYS disability (no salary from their companies), when they leave to have a baby.</p>
<p>Some people plan end of the school year summer babies so that so there is the least financial hit. Lets say you are a teacher making $50,000 a year. Instead of getting paid your 50k over the 10 month school year, you are paid your 50k over 12 months. In the summer, when school is not in session, you are still receiving your salary. If you work summer school, you get paid in addition to your pay check. If you don’t work over the summer, you still get paid. </p>
<p>If you are maternity leave, you still get paid.For them it works. They have a baby in may/june and return to work in september with no disruption to their finances (for some people this is a big consideration). If they want to take off for 4 years, they can and will still have a job when they return to the doe. I have a co-worker who just returned after being home for 7 years (she had a second child, which extended her time off by another 4 years). </p>
<p>I have another co-worker who Has been working for the DOE for 9 years and is having her first chid. The baby is due in May. She currently has 80 day (16 weeks in her bank). She plans on leaving 2 weeks before her baby is due (lets say that is 30 days). She will use the days in her bank and be paid from may until the end of June. She will be paid by the DOE over the summer until the end of august. Lets say that she is not ready to come back and wants to use the rest of the days in her car, she can extend her paid leave until November (thereby having a 6 months paid leave from the time she left work). She can still choice to stay home for 4 years and come back to work when her child is 4 years old (however, after November, she will most likely not get paid for the time).</p>
<p>How often does that happen in other business sectors?</p>