My Wife works at Dentsu and she’s super anxious about letting them know that she’s pregnant and will need to take leave in December. They have a very generous 16 weeks paid parental leave eligible from date of hire. She would be taking leave with less than 1 year of service at the time and she fears she’ll be fired because she’s not protected under FMLA despite their own policy. What can I say to help relieve her anxiety about it?

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Could you have her DM me? I’m at Dentsu. If she’s out of U.S., I may be able to help guide her conversations with her line manager. Dentsu is a great place for caregivers. Part of why I joined.

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She should work with manager to discuss handoff but personally do not believe she’ll be fired (agreeing with above comment that Dentsu has a great policy towards caregivers)

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Just heard about someone today that took full parental leave after being an employee for 7 days

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Right, and surely they let them know ahead of the hire for planning purposes!

That’s messed up if they do fire her for that.

She needs to tell them now, running out of time to make coverage plans.

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