I feel like Christmas came early today!
I just found out that I've apparently misunderstood the company's maternity leave coverage. It sounds like Gannett will pay my full salary for five weeks after the baby is born and I may even be able to get a few 60% pay weeks after that!
In trying to read and understand the policy online, it looked like I was only covered under the federal family leave policy, which guarantees 12 weeks unpaid. Brian and I had been working out a plan for post-delivery based on that info. But this is great news!
Since I've been with Gannett for four years now, I also qualified for a third week of vacation this year. So by saving up that time to combine with the maternity time, it looks like I won't have to rush back to work. And, we won't go broke :) (Well, no more broke than we'll already be with all the new baby expenses...)
I still need to get all of this information verified and fill out the appropriate paperwork, but YAY for some good news in the midst of all this job uncertainty!
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