The case for national paid maternity leave

Re:The case for national paid maternity leave by inetknght on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:59PM (#23225981)

> I have seen some time up precisely their pregnancies to maximize time off work, but still getting paid 100%. Others getting pregnancy leave while planning to resign the day they have to come back to work, sucking up all that their employer has to give and then leaving him.

I think you're being pedantic; the entire tone of @thefz's comment is that employees time their pregnancies to maximize time off work and effectively screw over their employer

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Re:The case for national paid maternity leave by buzzerbetrayed on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:24PM (#23226396)

> I think you're being pedantic

But I don't think it is pedantic to point out there is a difference between

1. Maximizing your time off work, even if it screws over your employer.

and

2. Timing your pregnancy in order to screw over your employer.

You're being disingenuous by making it sound like GP is arguing that they are doing it in order to intentionally screw over their employer, when clearly GP is saying they are doing it to maximize their paid leave, which also screws over their employer.

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Re:The case for national paid maternity leave by gnu8 on Monday May 18, 2020 @02:47PM (#23226759)

The premise of 'screwing over their employer' is what is broken here. This is the narcissistic viewpoint of a small business owner who sees dollars already counted as his own going into someone else's pocket. No well managed business is running at such a tight margin that it can't afford to meet its obligations to its employees. The employer is only getting screwed in the sense that the owner can't buy a new boat this year.

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