As someone who is about to have the first new addition to the family, the 8 weeks off is further complicated by state laws and company policy. Even though my wi

As someone who is about to have the first new addition to the family, the 8 weeks off is further complicated by state laws and company policy. Even though my wife's maternity leave is protected by law in CA, her company can force her to use up her accumulated PTO time before allowing her to use her maternity leave ( I am skipping a lot of the technical details here..., but it was complicated enough that we had to use a spread sheet to figure out which law applies at the time frame, and if and how she is compensated during this time)