Career Coach

Q “My company offers a generous paid-family-leave benefit, but they just got bought by a different company with a much stingier policy—fewer weeks off at lower pay—and I’m expecting. How can I get my original benefit and not the new one?”

A While it’s possible you may be “grandmothered” into the old plan, unfortunately, it’s not a sure thing. Your best course of action: Go to HR directly to find out what changes, if any, are coming up.

If a different parental-leave plan is replacing the