Marci Deck recently became a mom of three. She’s been back to work for two months as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Community Medicine in Tulsa after her daughter, Elliott, was born.
OU implemented six weeks of paid leave for benefits-eligible employees this month. But the policy came too late for Deck. She received two weeks of paid leave and covered the rest with all of her accrued paid time off (PTO).
“It was just one day that I got unpaid, so I was pretty thrilled,” Deck said. “The downside of that being, now, I’m stuck back at zero PTO, and I’m trying to climb my way back up for the holidays when my kids are out of school.”…