Going over paperwork with the accountant at work today, she told me, "Ok, so by law, you have to start your maternity leave at least three weeks before your due date. I also just found out that pregnant women can come to work 15 minutes later and leave 15 minutes earlier every day throughout their pregnancy. I did some calculating and you've worked a lot of extra hours when you consider that every day you worked 30 minutes too many. So you'll officially start your maternity leave on the 18th of May, but given all those extra hours, you'll stop coming to work and we'll keep paying you as of May 4."
So I start my maternity leave in two weeks. IN-SANE.
I also found out that the French social security people don't have me in their computers, which is a big problem because they're supposed to be paying my maternity leave. So I have to go hang out at the social security office and find out what the hell is going on with that. To say that I am a little nervous about it would be an understatement, since they'll be paying my salary for the next 4 months.
Did I mention that Kdogg is arriving tomorrow? She's flying in and then I have to go to the birthing center for an appointment, after which I am going to go to the social security office to fill out hours worth of paperwork. "Hey girl! I'm so glad to see you! Welcome to France! Let's go stand in line!"
Can't get any more authentic then that, right?
If she's lucky, we'll get the bitchiest woman behind the counter.
Better start practicing the French shrug as well... and "no" means, ask me again or ask someone else until you get a "yes".
ah, the joys of france. we got lucky and there was no one there that day at CAF when they lost our paperwork. Kind of makes you want to video tape all your govt appointments as proof besides getting triplicate photo copies.
Woohoo, have a great maternity leave! That is great news!
Have things changed since I did the preg leave?
I thought it was four weeks before with a cong� pathologiqe of two weeks before that. And 10 weeks after?
And the 30 minutes grace per day! Dude! I think that's new.
Your one liner at the end made me burst out laughing.
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