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Taking Time Off When You Work at Home
Maternity Leaves for the Work-at-Home Mom
Realistically, self-employed entrepreneurs or women who run large companies from home may not be able to give themselves any more leave without risking professional success. Again, careful planning can minimize the trauma of returning to work for both Mother and Baby.
Demas suggests that a self-employed mom set up her work before the baby is born so that she has no new projects or a limited amount of work to do during the time she has defined as "leave."
The advantage that salaried telecommuters have over their self-employed sisters is that employees of a company – regardless of whether they work in the office or telecommute – should be eligible for 12 weeks of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).
"Telecommuting does not change the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee," says June Langhoff, author of The Telecommuter's Advisor (Aegis Publishing Group Ltd., 1999) and editor of Telecommute magazine. "The only thing that changes is where the work is done. Therefore, the laws that cover in-house employees also cover telecommuting employees."
Knowing your legal rights is an important part of becoming a mother. If you are a salaried, telecommuting employee, make sure you speak to your human resources department. If women who work in the office are entitled to an hour off every day (without pay reduction) in order to breastfeed, you should receive those benefits as well.
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Work-at-home Moms and Maternity Leave by Anne on 12/03/2009 10:23AM
Well, it is very much obvious that women really need to have maternity leave. Since giving birth is NOT EASY and they do need some rest to be able to gain strength. This is a great challenge for women working at home since they need to organize and manage their time everyday but if you have a great system working for you then you don't need to worry you can still earn.... I will teach you how see at http://www.AchieveThePossible.com