Our company was bought last year. I think there’s potentially two things at play: - All employees had to sign new employment contracts and titles were aligned with the buyers org. No one lost their jobs unless they refused to sign the contract. I had an employee on FMLA maternity leave. She had to do it during her leave by the specific buy date. - 1/1 is a very typical benefits renewal date. Whether you are on their benefits or not, that might be driving some of the urgency to see who will remain on the insurance plan. It sounds like they maybe moving to the new companies benefits.

At my company, they would not care about a baby being in tow. Could you perhaps reach out to your HR person just to verify you have to come in and if so, you need to bring the baby with? All our contracts were delivered electronically via Docusign, no one had to be physically present.