Ngaphambi kokuba uqale umndeni ucwaninge ngalezi zindlela ukuze ubone ukuthi yini ongayithola
Uma ucabanga ngokuqala umndeni uzijwayele ngezinketho ezahlukene zokukhokhela umama.
Bangakwazi ukuhluka kusuka enkampanini kuya enkampanini kanye nezwe ukuchaza. Ukuqaqa-qalisa ukuhlola kwakho kuzinketho:
Okushiwo yi-Family Family Medical Medical Act
Ngesikhathi amaviki angu-12 omndeni noma ikhefu lomzali evunyelwe ngaphansi komthetho we-Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), owasungulwa ngo-1993, ayikho ilungiselelo lokuthi lesi sikhathi sokuphuma emsebenzini kumele sikhokhwe. I-FMLA ngokuyinhloko ikuvumela ukuba uchithe isikhathi emsebenzini kusuka ekuzalweni noma ekuthandweni kwezingane futhi kukuvikela ekulahlekelweni umsebenzi wakho ukwenza kanjalo.
Ngokusho kobambiswano lukaZwelonke lwabesifazane nabomndeni kuphela okushiwo ngo-Ephreli 2016, banikeza ikhefu elikhokhelwayo futhi baseCalifornia, eNew Jersey, naseRhode Island nase-2018 eNew York. Amanye amazwe avumela ikhefu lokukhubazeka okwesikhashana esikhundleni sekhefu lokubeletha elikhokhelwayo. Uzofuna ukuhlola imithetho yombuso wakho mayelana nenkokhelo yokubeletha ongakwazi ukumangalela.
Okushiwo yiNqubomgomo Yokhiye We-Maternity Leave Company
Kuwukuhlakanipha ukwenza i-aphoyintimenti nomnyango wezisebenzi zomuntu wenkampani yakho noma uhlole ibhuku lakho lesisebenzi ngaphambi kokuba ukhulelwe, njengoba kungadingeka ukuthi uhlahlele isabelomali sokukhokha esingakhokhiwe ngaphansi kwe-FMLA.
Abesifazane abaningi abafisa ukuchitha isikhathi emsebenzini emva kokubeletha bazosebenzisa ikhefu lokukhubazeka okwesikhashana, ikhefu lokubeletha elinikezwa yinkampani kanye nesikhathi sokuphumula ukuze banakekele umntwana osanda kuzalwa ngaphambi kokubuyela emsebenzini. Uma umqashi wakho ekhokhela ukukhokhela ikhefu lokubeletha, uzofuna ukucacisa ukuthi ngabe iholo eligcwele noma eliyingxenye.
Uma inkokhelo yokubeletha itholakala kumqashi wakho, futhi ufisa ukusizakala nge-FMLA, kuzodingeka ufunde ukuthi iholide lesonto eliyisithupha elikhokhelwayo lizosebenza ngesikhathi esifanayo namaviki e-FMLA. Ngamanye amazwi, ingabe umqashi wakho uzokukhokhela amasonto ayisithupha, bese uvumela kuphela amasonto ayisithupha ukuthi angabhalwa, hhayi amanye amasonto angu-12?
I-FMLA ayisho ukuthi kufanele uthathe ikhefu lakho lokubeletha emasontweni alandelako noma ngokushesha ngemuva kokuzalwa kwengane yakho . Ungathatha i-FMLA emavikini aphelele noma ezinsukwini ezithile-njengalezi ziLwesihlanu ukunciphisa isonto lakho lomsebenzi-uma umqashi wakho evuma.
Yikuphi ukukhubazeka okwesikhathi esifushane
Uma ungahlinzekiwe nge-maternity pay kodwa ufuna ukusizakala ukukhubazeka kwesikhashana, funda mayelana nephesenti lomholo wakho onelungelo lokuya ngaphansi komthetho kahulumeni, nobude bokukhokha kokubeletha. Uma ungumunye embonini yakho, hlola inqubomgomo yayo ngokukhubazeka okwesikhashana, okungavumela ukukhokha okuncane noma okugcwele okubeletha ngenani elithile lamasonto.
Kungase kube khona indlela engaphezu kweyodwa okufanele uphishekele kuyo. Uma zombili izwe ohlala kulo nomqashi wakho unikeza inkokhelo yesikhashana esifanele sokukhubazeka, ungakwazi ukungena kokubili, ikakhulukazi uma umqashi wakho ehlinzeka ngokukhokha okuyingxenye.
Hlola Ubude bekhefu lokubeletha ongayithatha
Abaningi odokotela bayasikhuthaza amasonto ayisithupha ukulethwa okujwayelekile kanye namasonto ayisishiyagalolunye ngenxa yesigaba sokugcina. Abaqashi abaningi bazohlinzeka ngamasonto ayisithupha okukhokhelwa umama. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, omama abaningi bazizwa kudingekile ukuthatha la maviki ayisithupha emva kokubeletha ukunakekela ingane, ukulungele ukubeletha nokubuyela emuva ngemuva kokubeletha. Ungase uthande ukuthatha okuningi uma uzwa ukucindezeleka kokuthunyelwa kwesisu noma ukubhekana nezinkinga ngesikhathi sokubeletha noma ukukhulelwa.
Khuluma nabangani bakho kanye nabasebenzisana nabo obazethembayo ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ngekhefu lokubeletha. Babephatha kanjani ukukhokhelwa kokubeletha? Ingabe bazizwa bathatha isikhathi esanele, kakhulu, noma bancane kakhulu? Futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, shiya izinketho zakho ezivulekile, ngoba kunzima ukwazi kusengaphambili ukuthi uzodinga yini.
Kubuyekezwe ngu-Elizabeth McGrory