Comments on: Paid Maternity Leave in Arizona http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/ Where HR Professionals Seek Answers Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Caitlin http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/#comment-11302 Caitlin Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:58:15 +0000 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/#comment-11302 Hi ordersomabuyg! Thanks! We like it too!! ~ Caitlin :-D Hi ordersomabuyg! Thanks! We like it too!! ~ Caitlin :-D

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]]> By: Caitlin http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/#comment-10961 Caitlin Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:06:29 +0000 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/#comment-10961 Hi Bob! This is a really complex question. It does sound as if the employee was given a CA handbook by mistake. Arizona has no SDI. My best guess is that this employee is entitled to unpaid leave under FMLA. For a complete discussion, please post your question on our sister site at www.laborlawtalk.com. And congrats on the new grandchild! Caitlin Hi Bob! This is a really complex question. It does sound as if the employee was given a CA handbook by mistake. Arizona has no SDI. My best guess is that this employee is entitled to unpaid leave under FMLA. For a complete discussion, please post your question on our sister site at http://www.laborlawtalk.com. And congrats on the new grandchild! Caitlin

]]> By: Bob Dedecker http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/#comment-10948 Bob Dedecker Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:26:32 +0000 http://www.humanresourceblog.com/2008/05/28/paid-maternity-leave-in-arizona/#comment-10948 My Daughter is trying to assess her benefits as she is due to deliver her 1st child in 3 weeks. She works for a private company in Arizona. She is having difficulty getting some straight answers on published company benefits which, are not stated in such a straight forward manner. In part her comapny benefits manual reads..."workers will receive up to 6 weeks of state-paid leave per year to care for a new child (birth, adoption, or foster) or seriously ill family member (child, spouse, parent or domestic partner), which is paid by State Disability Insurance (SDI), not XYZ Company. Workers who already pay into the existing SDI system will be eligible for paid family leave. The insurance program is 100% employee-funded." From that verbiage, I would think my daughter would have had a payroll deduction for contribution to the SDI plan mentioned but she cannot identify a payroll line item for such a contribution and what research I have done on the Internet leaves me with a void on this SDI program which looks as though it is only for employees of the State of Arizona, not employees of private companies doing business within Arizona". So What I would like to ask is if you know of an SDI program within Azizona that private companies use such that the stated policy would make sense and do you know of any contact information for the fund so that my daughter can get some answers that the employeer seems to be unknowledgeable about in spite of their benefits manual. By-The-way, this employeer operates within the boundaries of California as well as Arizona and my quotation was from the benefits manual given to Arizona employees. Thank you for your time to reply. My Daughter is trying to assess her benefits as she is due to deliver her 1st child in 3 weeks. She works for a private company in Arizona. She is having difficulty getting some straight answers on published company benefits which, are not stated in such a straight forward manner.

In part her comapny benefits manual reads…”workers will receive up to 6 weeks of state-paid leave per year to care for a new child (birth, adoption, or foster) or seriously ill family member (child, spouse, parent or domestic partner), which is paid by State Disability Insurance (SDI), not XYZ Company. Workers who already pay into the existing SDI system will be eligible for paid family leave. The insurance program is 100% employee-funded.”

From that verbiage, I would think my daughter would have had a payroll deduction for contribution to the SDI plan mentioned but she cannot identify a payroll line item for such a contribution and what research I have done on the Internet leaves me with a void on this SDI program which looks as though it is only for employees of the State of Arizona, not employees of private companies doing business within Arizona”.

So What I would like to ask is if you know of an SDI program within Azizona that private companies use such that the stated policy would make sense and do you know of any contact information for the fund so that my daughter can get some answers that the employeer seems to be unknowledgeable about in spite of their benefits manual.

By-The-way, this employeer operates within the boundaries of California as well as Arizona and my quotation was from the benefits manual given to Arizona employees.

Thank you for your time to reply.

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