In my long post above, I stated that local gubment clerk typists (entry-level position) made ~$16K annually. Actually, the wage was slightly over $5 hr back then. That’s closer to $10,650 yr. I don’t recall any of my co-workers not returning after their (six-weeks disability + any vac hrs left on their books) maternity leaves. A few had a baby per year 3 or more years in a row and still came back to work at their $5 – $6 hr job, five days per week, 8 – 5 pm. Flex time was unheard of and of course, you couldn’t work from home. There were no computers (except the mainframe at work, lol). And a new mom couldn’t pump breast milk at work and a new dad wasn’t allowed time off that was not on their vac balance. The new mom and her new baby made a quick transition to FT daycare and moved on.
If the new mom didn’t return on the designated day when they were out of leave, their position would be mailed out for interviewees still on the list in effort to fill it immediately.
Anyone correct me if I’m wrong here, but I believe active duty military women only get four weeks maternity leave. Not sure if the military participates in state disability insurance programs.
The new-parent Federal labor laws (beginning in the early nineties) were much more family-friendly.
