Returning to Work After Pregnancy Disability Leave

PDL is job-protected leave. An employee returning from PDL has the right to return to the position they held before beginning PDL.

When you grant an employee's request for PDL, you must guarantee to reinstate the employee to the same position. This guarantee must be put in writing if the employee requests a written guarantee.

Under most circumstances, you must reinstate an employee returning from PDL to the same job that was held before the leave, with no less seniority than the employee had when the PDL began. This includes seniority for the purposes of layoff, recall, promotion, job