I work in West Virginia. I just found out I am pregnant and within the what I think is 45 days of employment. But I think its about to end. Of course I am still considered part-time. I currently work in the Bakery. My job is very demanding and requires a lot of heavy lifting and standing. Most of the time I can't seem to get all of my work done even though I am not screwing around and I work constantly and I don't even get to take my last 15min break. I am 37 and I am a bit worried about my ability to be able to do everything my job requires from me. I am also worried about miscarriage as my last pregnancy made me have bed rest the last month due to early labor. I am praying that doesn't happen again. However, my HR manager told me the policy on maternity leave etc but at the time I wasn't expecting to get pregnant and I have forgotten what she said. I can't seem to find anything online about it. I don't remember what she said if maternity leave was paid or not or what the difference was between part-time employee's and full-time. I am afraid to ask anyone because I am not sure I want any management to know until I know whats up.
Every pregnancy is different. My Deli/Bakery Dept Head had her baby back in January, and she's about the same age as you. She was able to work until her last month, still unloading the frozen truck for the department and being on her knees cleaning behind tables to get ready for Key Retailing/EcoLab inspections. I recently hired another girl for the Deli who waited until after she was completely hired and trained to tell me she was pregnant with twins and didn't want to be around any of the cleaning chemicals. And yet another recent hire for Grocery told people after she was hired/trained that she's pregnant and doesn't want to do lifting at all.
The best advice I can give is be completely honest with your Service Director/HR Manager and management. Most are willing to work with women who are pregnant and can move them to a department that's not as physically demanding. The two girls that I just mentioned are being moved to the front end to be cashiers, at least for the duration of their pregnancies.
As for maternity leave, since I don't have a handbook on me right at the moment, I vaguely remember that you can take 6-12 weeks. I think that in the case of full-time associates, they're going to use your remaining vacation first for this, and then you'll get partial-pay for the rest of the time you're off. Part-time associates I honestly have no idea about. I would assume it's probably the same, though in your case since you're only 45 days into employment you won't have earned any vacation time yet.
Don't be afraid to ask people. Not all management are huge dicks like most people on this site make them seem to be. There are, of course, some bad ones out there...but for the most part they're willing to work with you.
I have been working there for 5 weeks now about to finish my 6th week... So I think I'm just about 4-5 days from being done with the 45 day period... So I'd still rather hold off... All of my immediate co-workers know... And even my dept manager... Just wanna wait a bit longer to bring it up... Thank you for the response...
I have been working there for 5 weeks now about to finish my 6th week... So I think I'm just about 4-5 days from being done with the 45 day period... So I'd still rather hold off... All of my immediate co-workers know... And even my dept manager... Just wanna wait a bit longer to bring it up... Thank you for the response...
If all your immediate coworkers and your Dept Head know...are you sure management doesn't already know?
And if you only have to wait 45 days, you're lucky. Some areas are 60-90 or more.
For some odd reason my dept is good about keeping things in the dept... Lucky I guess... Guess I am lucky its 45 days... it was 45 or 48 I dont remember sigh... I will ask someone to make sure... Still its just a matter of a couple days.... I think they give paid... I just wanna make sure if I would be entitled to it... But maybe I can get a bid by the time I'd need time off? Sigh...
Thank you I am aware of that... However unpaid medical leave does me NO good... As I would be homeless by then.. I am a single mother...
Kroger is not going to give you paid time off for maternity leave. The only time they're going to give someone paid time off is if they're injured on the job and it wasn't the employee's fault. By the way, where's the father? Why isn't he taking on any of the responsibility?
Thank you I am aware of that... However unpaid medical leave does me NO good... As I would be homeless by then.. I am a single mother...
Kroger is not going to give you paid time off for maternity leave. The only time they're going to give someone paid time off is if they're injured on the job and it wasn't the employee's fault. By the way, where's the father? Why isn't he taking on any of the responsibility?
I am curious as well. Homeless? Don't you get freebies from da government like most people related to Kroger? Is the father a bum?
Thank you I am aware of that... However unpaid medical leave does me NO good... As I would be homeless by then.. I am a single mother...
Kroger is not going to give you paid time off for maternity leave. The only time they're going to give someone paid time off is if they're injured on the job and it wasn't the employee's fault. By the way, where's the father? Why isn't he taking on any of the responsibility?
I am curious as well. Homeless? Don't you get freebies from da government like most people related to Kroger? Is the father a bum?
For some odd reason my dept is good about keeping things in the dept... Lucky I guess... Guess I am lucky its 45 days... it was 45 or 48 I dont remember sigh... I will ask someone to make sure... Still its just a matter of a couple days.... I think they give paid... I just wanna make sure if I would be entitled to it... But maybe I can get a bid by the time I'd need time off? Sigh...
Thank you :)
I'm sorry, I was wrong. I dug up my handbook for another thread on here, and looked it up for you. Maternity leave falls under FMLA. It is only eligible to an "employee who has been employed for at least one year and has completed 1250 hours of work during the 12-month period preceding the request for Family and Medical Leave."
"The purpose of the FMLA is to enable eligible employees to take unpaid leave up to 12 weeks per year for certain prescribed circumstances without fear of repercussions."
So, basically, whether you're full- or part-time, you're not eligible. And it's unpaid, unless you have vacations stocked up that you're willing to use to get paid.
Probably the only way you're going to get paid is to have short term disability. But in most cases you need to have STD for a year before you can use it. I pay for short term disability with my health insurance, so I'm assuming you don't have it. Look at your hand book.
If you're worried about the pregnancy obviously you should see a doctor, if they agree with you then see about moving to the front end as a cashier of physically you can't handle the workload. they'll let you stay through the end of the pregnancy and go on unpaid leave. I've seen that in my own store even for someone with less than a year service. none if that helps, obviously, since it's always unpaid leave.
And? She's a stranger, you don't need to be judging her life like it's any of your business.
IF somebody in her life had said those things to her MAYBE she wouldn't be in this position (again?) She's 37 years old and already a single mother, doesn't she know how not to get pregnant? It's time we all stop being silent because that's money coming out of our taxes that's going to pick up the slack for her and her no show/unknown baby daddy's babies. It's pathetic!
And? She's a stranger, you don't need to be judging her life like it's any of your business.
IF somebody in her life had said those things to her MAYBE she wouldn't be in this position (again?) She's 37 years old and already a single mother, doesn't she know how not to get pregnant? It's time we all stop being silent because that's money coming out of our taxes that's going to pick up the slack for her and her no show/unknown baby daddy's babies. It's pathetic!
You're pathetic. You have no right to lecture a full grown woman on her choices, whether you disapprove of the choices or not. What if she was married and her husband died? Would you still be angry about picking up the slack? You don't know her circumstances and they're really none of your business. Worrying about taxes don't give you an excuse to be rude and patronizing to someone.
And? She's a stranger, you don't need to be judging her life like it's any of your business.
IF somebody in her life had said those things to her MAYBE she wouldn't be in this position (again?) She's 37 years old and already a single mother, doesn't she know how not to get pregnant? It's time we all stop being silent because that's money coming out of our taxes that's going to pick up the slack for her and her no show/unknown baby daddy's babies. It's pathetic!
You're pathetic. You have no right to lecture a full grown woman on her choices, whether you disapprove of the choices or not. What if she was married and her husband died? Would you still be angry about picking up the slack? You don't know her circumstances and they're really none of your business. Worrying about taxes don't give you an excuse to be rude and patronizing to someone.
Stay classy.
If her husband had died, she would have said she was widowed. If she was divorced, she would have said she was divorced. When someone say they're a single mother, you can bet the child was conceived out of wedlock and the father has skipped town, or she has no idea who the father is. You have to call a spade a spade.
However I will agree with you that if he died, she should have some sort of insurance policy to prevent her from being homeless. If not, then that was really irresponsible of him.
That said, it's not really our place to judge her.
However I will agree with you that if he died, she should have some sort of insurance policy to prevent her from being homeless. If not, then that was really irresponsible of him.
That said, it's not really our place to judge her.
My mom was divorced and called herself a single mother most of the time. So yeah...
The nicest response to this simple question. There were some pretty $hitty, judgemental posts above it.
They were probably true though.
It doesn't matter. It's hard enough being pregnant and worried about things, and then having people making some crazy assumptions about your situation by 2 posts. My first daughter was born regardless of the fact I was on the shot and her dad had a vasectomy. I have a friend that got pregnant with her daughter and she was on birth control and they used a condom. Things happen. Hopefully things work out positively for this woman and her kids. She obviously wants to work, and you arssholes aren't offering up anything but judgement and asshattery.
It depends on who you are or WHAT YOU ARE. I work at COL BAKERY and we just had a employee come back from almost 1 year on sick leave because of her voluntary act of getting pregnant. That was paid sick leave! I guess that's the result of DIVERSITY! LMFAO
