Fmla Pros And Cons

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In New Hampshire you don’t have paid maternity or paternity leave. You have to use your accrued vacation or sick time before you get help. Here you will get twelve weeks of Family medical leave act (FMLA), which pretty much holds your job while you are out on leave. To qualify for FMLA you have to have worked at your job for at least 1,250 hours in the prior year, who’s employers employs more than fifty people. If you can’t qualify or FMLA there is another program called NH laws prohibiting pregnancy discrimination, which makes is illegal for your employer to discriminate against you because you are pregnant. They are required to provide you with medical time off if you are unable to work.
FMLA on covers about 59% of US workers. Since some