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????不管你的老板懂不懂法，斯皮格爾都建議你“盡快告訴他你懷孕的事實。但如果你還沒有遭遇任何孕期并發癥，先不要提這種可能性。”如果病癥的確發生并有醫生確診后，你將受到另外一部聯邦法律——《美國殘疾人法案》（Americans with Disabilities Act）的保護，該法案規定雇主對有健康問題的下屬負有“合理對待”的義務。斯皮格爾說：“但如果迄今為止還只是假設。那你沒必要提及。” ????伊萊恩?威爾拉斯也贊同這種觀點。她說：“現在，給你的老板和團隊提供他們需要了解的信息足矣。不要提到 ‘假設的情況’，大多數人都知道這些情況有可能發生，不需要你親口說出來。”威爾拉斯是高管培訓與發展公司Keystone Partners的管理合伙人，在18年前，她是該公司第一位休產假的女性。 ????威爾拉斯表示，任何人如果預計在未來需要休假，都應該制定詳細的計劃，無論是請假“放松、度蜜月、休病假或產假”。她說：“你的目標是確保在你離開期間，一切都能正常運轉。” ????尤其是要盡可能詳細地整理和記錄你正在做的所有事項。她表示：“你必須保證自己休假期間，如果其他人無法聯系到你，也能毫不費力找到你留下的聯系信息和項目進展情況。如果什么也找不到，會讓人非常生氣，并開始質疑你的職業度。” ????說到記錄所有工作內容，我們再回到你前面提到的“不利影響”。或許，這種情況并不會出現。但經過一段時間之后，如果你有理由相信，因為自己懷孕而被剝奪了升職機會，或者被拒絕負責一項美差，斯皮格爾建議：“應該書面報告給人力資源部門。” ????另外你還可以享受到的合法保護是，美國《家庭醫療休假法案》（Family and Medical Leave Act）禁止雇主打擊報復因身體狀況無薪休假的員工。該法案的管轄對象為50到50人以上的公司。制作一份清晰的書面記錄，并妥善保存，當你真的遇到麻煩時，它“可以讓你的上訴更容易得到支持。”（財富中文網） ????反饋：如果你曾在工作期間懷孕，或曾休過產假，你是在什么時候通過什么方式告訴老板的？歡迎在下方留言。 ????翻譯：劉進龍/汪皓 ???? |
????Whether or not your boss belongs in that category, Spiggle advises you to "tell him you're pregnant as soon as you're sure. But, if you're not experiencing any complications yet, don't bring up the possibility." If and when medical difficulties arise that can be documented by a doctor, you may qualify for protection under a different federal law, the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires employers to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with health issues. "But until then, it's only hypothetical," Spiggle says. "So there's no reason to mention it." ????Elaine Varelas agrees. "At this point, give your boss and your team as much information as they need, but no more than that. Don't get into the 'what ifs,' which most people already know could occur, anyway, without your having to spell it out." A managing partner at executive coaching and development firm Keystone Partners, Varelas was the first woman at her company to take a maternity leave 18 years ago. ????Varelas notes that anyone who expects to be away from the office in the future for any reason -- whether it's "a vacation, a honeymoon, a medical leave, or a maternity leave" -- should make a detailed plan. "Your goal is to make sure that everything runs as smoothly as possible during your absence," she says. ????In particular, organize and document everything you're doing as thoroughly as you can. "You need to make it very easy and painless for other people to find information on your contacts and the status of your projects if you're not there and can't be reached," she says. "When people can't find things, that's when they get upset and start questioning your professionalism." ????Speaking of documenting everything, let's get back to your concerns about repercussions. Maybe there won't be any. But after some time, if you have reason to believe that you're being, for example, passed over for promotion or denied plum assignments because you're pregnant, "report it in writing to human resources," Spiggle says. ????On top of your other legal protections, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which covers companies with 50 or more employees, prohibits employers from retaliating against anyone for taking unpaid time off to deal with a medical condition. Creating a clear paper trail "can make it a lot easier to support your claim if it turns out that you have one." Good luck. ????Talkback:If you've ever been expecting a child while working, or if you took a parental leave, how and when did you tell your boss? Leave a comment below. |
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