FMLA only gives you the right to be out - the only pay you would get would be saved PTO or short-ter

• Paid maternity leave? - Wondering
  • TransTech does, at least nm - I think that is what I was told
  • I had a baby in December (sm) - cbmt
  • I think if you have short-term disability - SM
  • If you are employee status I'd think - GayleMT
    • what about FMLA, does that apply? nm - Linda F
      • FMLA only gives you the right to be out - the only pay you would get would be saved PTO or short-ter - Amanda
        • FMLA - Depending on your state - GayleMT

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Is this part new?  I worked for a national and had FMLA 3 times between 2006-2008 and none of the paperwork said anything about the below.

 *Are employed at a company that employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles.*

Laurie, First I want to offer my since condolences on the loss of your father.

I lost my mother 5 years ago. I don't have much good to say about my former employer, Spheris, but I will have to give them credit regarding their 3-day bereavement policy. My mom was in the hospital about a week before she passed.  At the time I was working M-F, 2nd shift  My brother called me the night she went into the ER, thinking she might pass that night. I emailed my supe and went to the hospital. When she did pass a week later, it was just after midnight between F-S, so I had the weekend off. The funeral was on Monday. I took my 3 days M-W and even asked for an extra day and got it as regular PTO. This was at a time when there were 3-4 hurricaines in Florida, where Spheris was based at that time and they had a lot of employees fleeing for their lives and the work volume was super high. I felt a little bad leaving them in the lurch, but I certainly took the time allotted.

As far as your FMLA, why wasn't it approved?  By federal law they have to approve it. If you have PTO, you have to use that first and then any additional time is, of course, unpaid. Last year, my son was in a near-fatal accident and I applied and was granted full-time FMLA for the first week and then intermittent FMLA thereafter. Of course, I had a ton of PTO accrued so getting paid wasn't an issue for me. At that time, I worked a split a.m. and evening p.m. shift. I tried to work in the a.m. and p.m. and go to the hospital in the afternoon. However, if I needed to go in the a.m., I just emailed my supe. My son lived, thank God, and when he came home from the hospital he had many followup Dr. appts and many of them were in the a.m. due to Dr's office scheduling. I used my FMLA as needed with approval. Occasionally I made up time.

I don't really have much advice regarding what to say on job aps after quitting.

I know this is very long, but I just wanted to tell you that you have my sympathy for your ordeal. Maybe it wasn't the best to quit, but I would still like to know why they didn't approve your FMLA?  Email if you want to talk further.

Sincerely, Lorie

might pay.  I remember reading NJ just passed FMLA with up to 12 weeks pay (you'd have to be employee status though because it's taken from state disability funds you're paying into) and I think CA also provides for paid FMLA now.  My state doesn't pay for FMLA, but does temporary disability and maternity is covered under that.

· Have completed at least 12 months of service with the company, and

· Have a minimum of 1,250 hours of service during the 12 month-period immediately preceding the

· Are employed at a company that employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles.

me an hour of two of wasted effort. Much appreciated!

MTSOs have a unique loophole.  I got caught up in it a couple of years ago when trying to use medical leave for my personal medical illness. 

Here are the Federal Requirements:

 EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for FMLA benefits, an employee must:

• work for a covered employer;

• have worked for the employer for a total of 12 months;

• have worked at least 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months; and

• work at a location in the United States or in any territory or possession of the United States where at least 50 employees are employed by the employer within 75 miles.

The loophole for MTSOs is the last one …”50 employees… within 75 miles.”  MTSOs can interpret that to mean “50 employees who WORK FOR SPHERIS” within 75 miles of EACH OTHER.  So, if you live in the middle of Wyoming, there may not be 50 employees within a 75 mile radius of your home.  Thus, the loophole, which some MTSOs actually do use.

HOWEVER, some employees do have a counter-loophole.  States also have FMLA requirements, and the State that you live in supersedes Federal requirements.  In my case my Sate does not have the “75 mile radius” requirement, so after I contacted my MTSO and informed them of that, they backed down and approved all the leave I wanted.

Check out your State requirements to see if they are different.  If they are not, if you can survive with 6 weeks and want to keep your job, I would not rock-the-boat any further.  Personally, I would use those 6 weeks to find another employer who is more employee friendly, if there are any left out there. 

Good Luck and Congratulations on the new Baby. 

   http://www.theabacus.biz

I've been with the company going on two years.  The problems that were mentioned do come up.  I see those nice American names but sure don't ever get their dictations.  I've heard that if QA likes you, you will get the cream of the crop and never hear a word.  But if you're not in the clique that QA approves of you spend your days knee deep in ESL!

QA is nice when you first start, they give you feed back and are helpful.  But they have recently said that we need to do our own jobs and not depend on them ... I always thought figuring out the tough blanks was what they get paid for?

As far as the the managers they don't seem all that knowledgeable or accessible.  They put up a great front of we're a team and pat you on the your back while they assign you more crap.  I'm not sure most of them aren't anything more than clerks.

They do over-hire regularly and they don't hide that their work is overflow.  I think that these are reasons they have big turnaround in their MTs.  If you want their good benefits .... put up with the low line counts and learn a second language and join our team

Their method of transferring files was very frustrating, slow, archaic and clumsy.  Their record keeping is also pretty sloppy.  They are nice and absolutely pay on time.  There was never enough work in the account I was hired for and she kept putting me on other accounts on training wages.  I was up front about the lines I needed weekly and in which fields and she was in total agreement but it was rarely available and almost never in the field I was hired for.  I do not like sitting all day wondering if any work would be coming in so I had to move on....good luck! 

Some companies that USED to pay by gross line: Lee Perfect - need Emdat experience; Lextel? - Calif. company, don't know if still around; Mediscript Transcription - work LD over a C-phone, don't know what state; QT - but they seem to be in trouble now; and West Tran Group - don't know the state, were using Word 2003 and IntraScript software. ...the end...

I did for short period of time a few months ago and it takes forever to get your first check and then the way you bill and they pay takes an extra couple of weeks for you to receive your check.  

I worked for them for only 1 week a couple of months back and it took me over 2 months to finally get my lousy check from them.   I had to keep asking for it and kept getting the run around for days and days.   Totally ridiculous, IMO.  I would keep looking. 

I have only worked for national companies for 4 years.  

Softscript:  Extremely rigid schedule and not very willing to bend even for family issues.  They only allowed 2 flexes per month.

Currently, I work for a company under Spheris with very low work load right now.  I am seriously wondering about the future of the MT??     

The dictators were terrible.  The owner constantly called me.  I quit after 2 week, I could not handle the constant phone calls and never got paid for what I did do...

I've been using it fairly steadily since November 2004. I've got DNS Medical version 9.5 with a really good microphone. Plus, I've put the time and effort into training the program. My typing speed has dropped over the years (maybe 70 wpm now) and I don't have the a particularly good memory as far as abbreviations go, so DNS is ideal for me. --- I lucked out 'cause I was able to upgrade to version 7 for about $99, and then the subsequent upgrades were not much more. The program works just fine for me, so I have no need to upgrade further.

If you want to want more in-depth information, email me and we'll chat. I just don't want to floor the board with things.  

I have been applying for a new position (yes, work for the Q) and was offered IC at 7 cpl to start and 8 off QA.

I have over 13 years experience, but make quit a bit more than that now.  How can that be possible for IC?  I always thought IC paid more because they do not take care of taxes. 

I was shocked at that offer and declined as well. At 7 cpl, 1200 lines per day, after taxes I would take home just a hair under 300 bucks. 

My very first job as an MT I made 7 cpl. That is fresh out of school.  I know I am doing my part!  No way will I work for that rate.  I will leave this field first.  I can find a reception job that pays better than that!  Plus my brain wont hurt so much at the end of an 8 hour shift!

So, the work was easy enough.  The first paycheck was very small, I believe I started mid pay period, still trying to get used to the work and such as that.  I got a check mailed to me, it was right, it was on time, no problem. 

Okay, the second check, another story.  So, 2 days after I should have received the check, I received an email from him instead saying how he needed to delay paying me because the funds weren't there yet.  He basically told me that I should go along with this because I should understand that he is building this company.  I told him this did NOT work for me and that I had nothing to do with building his company, I am not a share holder of his business, I only need a paycheck and I need it on time for my bills.  Well, he acted like I was just the most selfish person in the world to assume I would be paid on time for work done and made it like basically I should be doing it for free to help HIS company out.  We bickered back and forth by e-mail, he never returned my phone calls, I quit working for him, but I did finally get my check.

They stink.  They send a ton to offshore.  They rip off the MT.  They buy up small companies and then change all the rules eventually to be uniform with Transcend policies.  Just my opinion.