Amazon offers a number of different benefits to their employees, such as medical and eye coverage, a virtual clinic, a network for caregivers and the option to take parental leave.
However, Amazon employees who are expecting a child may be curious about Amazon’s policy for taking FMLA leave. If you’d like to find out, keep reading to see what I learned about this topic!
Key Takeaways
Amazon FMLA Policy In 2022
Amazon offers four weeks of pre-partum leave and ten weeks of paid post-partum leave. Additionally, Amazon’s Leave Share Program gives six weeks of paid parental leave for spouses whose jobs don’t provide parental leave. In addition to post-partum parents, Amazon also offers FMLA for adoptive families who recently adopted an infant.
If you’d like to learn more about Amazon’s policy for paid FMLA, how long you have to work at Amazon to receive parental leave, and more, keep reading for more useful facts and tips!
Does Amazon Offer Paid FMLA?
If parents require FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) leave for their family, Amazon offers 10 weeks of paid time off. Additionally, Amazon offers four weeks of pre-partum leave and six weeks of parental leave.
However, Amazon currently only offers paid leave for the 10 weeks following the birth of a child. Therefore, if parents require to take pre-partum, postpartum or parental leave, they will have to do so without additional pay.
As a whole, Amazon offers twenty weeks of leave for parents, and pays for half of the time requested. Additionally, parents have the option to take their leave in parts instead of all at once.
How Long Do You Have to Work at Amazon to Get Parental Leave?
According to Amazon’s FMLA policy, parents must work at least 1200 hours to qualify for leave during and/or after the birth of their child.
Therefore, parents may have to complete their initial work probation period before they can take paid parental leave.
Some Amazon locations, however, may require their employees to work up to a year before taking leave. The minimum work time will vary depending on the parent’s position and whether they work full or part time.
How Much FMLA Leave am I Entitled to at Amazon?
Amazon offers their employees a total of 20 weeks for FMLA leave, which is broken up into 10 weeks of paid leave, 4 weeks of pre-partum leave, and 6 weeks of postpartum leave.
If parents prefer, however, they can take their leave in intervals throughout the year if they cannot afford to take their full allotted leave time at once.
Parents who would like to break up their leave time can discuss the schedule with their Amazon manager or supervisor, as some Amazon divisions may have their own policies for how the leave time may be divided.
Which Family Members at Amazon can Take FMLA Leave?
According to the FMLA guide provided for Amazon staff, any family member who lives in the household of expecting parents may qualify for FMLA leave.
Family members such as the father, mother, or other children of the expecting parents who work at Amazon qualify for FMLA leave.
However, grandparents of the expected child who live in their household will also qualify for FMLA leave. Additionally, children who are over the age of 18 also do not qualify for FMLA leave through Amazon.
Is Amazon Required to Give Employees Paid FMLA Leave?
By law, Amazon is not required to grant its staff members paid leave during or after pregnancy. However, Amazon is required to offer unpaid leave for at least 12 weeks.
Fortunately, Amazon offers 10 weeks of paid leave and 10 weeks of unpaid leave to their staff members, which goes beyond what the law requires the company to provide.
Does Amazon Offer FMLA for Adoptive Parents?
FMLA is available for both natural parents and adoptive parents! There is no requirement for the adoptive child’s age, meaning parents do not have to be adopting an infant in order to qualify for FMLA leave.
Rather, Amazon’s allowance for adoptive FMLA leave gives new parents time to settle their new child into their home rather than having to return to work immediately.
Therefore, new parents can be reassured of having time to adjust their adoptive child to their new environment with minimal disturbance.
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Conclusion
Amazon offers staff members who are expecting a child a total of 20 weeks for FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) leave. Amazon allows their staff 10 weeks of paid maternity leave, and 10 weeks of unpaid leave for prepartum and postpartum stages.
Amazon employees must work a minimum of 1200 hours before they can qualify for FMLA, and may be required to be employed for as little as a month or as much as a year before their leave. However, this may vary depending on where the employee is located.