On May 7, after an induction and 15 hours of intense labor, Andres gave birth to a stillborn baby girl. The baby weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces.
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Andres was told that maternity leave does not apply to people in her situation, but instead is used for people who “give birth and care for a healthy newborn baby.”
FMLA is unpaid typically. Short term disability also isn’t full pay I think it’s 50-60%. From what I’ve seen, family leave is fully paid time off. So… You get fucked. Bereavement exists but most employers don’t offer it nor is it required federally. Apart from that the time you get away isn’t much compared to family leave. Not enough to have your fucking body recover from still born birth.
People’s bodies need to recover from all sorts of things all the time, it doesn’t make sense how this would be treated much differently from a or other surgery or medical or mental health issues from a leave standpoint. COA pays out 70% of salary for short-term disability