New Jersey pregnant employee forced to use all her PTO for maternity leave, leaving her with no time off while HR calls it company “generosity”: ‘Let me tell you what “paid parental leave” actually looks like’

In some places, maternity leave is a masterclass in creative accounting and corporate lingo. Call it a perk if you want, but every "generous" hour gets yanked right out of the PTO bucket. Every prenatal visit and minute with a newborn gets logged against days someone was counting on for actual sick time or, wild idea, a real vacation. The company calls this support, but mostly it is a raffle where the grand prize is running out of time off before June.

HR calls, HR emails, HR smiles with that tone that turns the word "policy" into a slow leak. Every time you ask a straight question, they hand out a different answer, making sure the only consistent thing is how quickly those PTO days disappear.

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