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In CA — I started maternity leave a month before I delivered my baby and was supposed to return to work in February 2025 after using some of my baby bonding time (reserving the last 6 weeks of it for Sept 2025).

I’ve since had to take an additional 3.5 months of disability due to PPD, so with some of my bonding time, I now plan to return June 2025, then go on leave again and use the remainder of my bonding time in September 2025 for the last 6 weeks.

Can my employer let me go for my leaves?

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FMLA is protected leave so they can't legally fire you (they'd have to prove your leave is a burden, so it's not impossible but there *is* a chance)

As a mom who has taken 3 maternity leaves in 10 years, I would caution you to think whether those 6 weeks in September are a must.

Believe me, I am incredibly pro mom support. But I'm also very aware that firms use maternity leave and motherhood as their path to take women off partner track and to demote them.

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I plan to exit the firm in early 2026.

I’m just trying to buy time for me to work there June-August and October-November.

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May I ask who prepared your paperwork for the disability due to PPD? My OB hasn’t seen me since the 6-week checkup so they don’t know my current mental state.

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My OBGYN (or his staff) prepared it and continues to follow-up with me after my initial diagnosis at my 6-week PPD appointment.

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Thank you. How did you get diagnosed at your 6-weeks appointment?

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The 6 weeks in September are protected under CFRA, I thought, which is the remainder of my baby bonding. I am trying to evaluate whether they would fire me under CFRA.

I am not trying to become a partner as my husband is the primary earner in our family; I also may leave the firm in 2026:

I would just like to stick around until early next year and am trying to evaluate if firms generally try to circumvent FMLA and CFRA claiming undue burden.

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Covered employers cannot claim undue hardship as a reason for denying or circumventing FML.

I would talk with a California attorney who is familiar with California employment laws. This app really is not a good place to get sound legal advice.

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I would speak work and employment attorney in your area. I don't think you've provided enough information in your post for anyone to be able to provide sound advice.

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What is baby bonding time? Do you mean parental leave? I don’t know one firm that calls it baby bonding time

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Pretty sure NY has something comparable

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