Hi everyone and welcome back to Money Girls Quick and Dirty Tips for a richer life.

I'm Laura Adams. Did you know that April is Financial Literacy Month.

Celebrated I'm devoting each post this month to a question from a blog reader or podcast

listener. Maybe it's something embarrassing that you've been too shy to ask

or perhaps it's an unusual question that you desperately need answered.

In this podcast, I'll answer a voicemail from a listener named Alejandro in Los Angeles.

What is the law regarding maternity and paternity leave?

My wife works for a charter school, it's a small charter school, and so she's a teacher, and so she has

vacation time, she also has sick time, and we want to combine that with whatever maternity

leave that we get from the state.

Thank you very much.

I think you are the best things since sliced bread.

I actually think you're better than sliced bread.

I have your money girls guide to retirement planning and I hear that you're coming out with a new book in September and believe me I am going to be the first in line to get that.

So keep up the great work. I love your work and have a wonderful day. Thank you very much.

Alejandro, thanks for your kind words. What he's talking about is a benefit provided by the Family

and Medical Leave Act or FMLA.

Even though I'm not legal lad,

many times knowing your rights at work

goes hand in hand with good financial management.

That's because having benefits that you don't know about can hurt you

financially. Before we get started, the final winner in the Money Girl sweepstakes

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