<prompt> Human: My spouse and I live in Pennsylvania. She took her maternity leave and during that time accepted another position with a new employer. Unfortunately we had to do this as we have no one to watch the baby for us, we both work night shift, so this was a necessary change. Today, while turning in her two week notice, HR let her know that she would be responsible for paying back 4000 dollars in insurance premiums that the hospital paid to the insurance company while she was on maternity leave. Is this a common practice, we are really shocked by this.  <response>: I have seen warnings about this on the forums before. Many work policies require you to return to work for x amount of time after leave in order to keep the insurance. If you dont return, the employer paid portion of your insurance during leave must be paid back. 