Fmla Advantages

As a group, we have decided that we support the Family and Medical Leave Act. The list of advantages for employees is obvious and greatly outweigh any of the disadvantages. In the case of family emergencies or becoming new parents, the Family and Medical Leave Act reduces the stress and anxiety that comes with these situations. The FMLA also provides ample time for recovery if you, the employee, were the one suffering from an injury, illness, or postpartum. The benefits for employees are more contingent with how successful the company can be. The FMLA helps in the recruitment process of hiring new employees by showing how the company aides its employees. Current employees at a business using FMLA have higher morale because they can rest easy knowing that in the case of an emergency, they do not have to stress about their job.
We agree that without the Family and Medical Leave Act, companies turnover rates would drastically increase. Employees would have to leave their jobs due to prolonged absences that come with illness, injury, family expansion, etc. If employees did not have access to twelve weeks a year of unpaid leave, with health benefits, there would be no job security to ensure that they can return to work. …show more content…
Surveys completed by the United States Department of Labor have shown that 91% of American businesses have reported that compliance with the FMLA has had a positive, or at least neutral, impact on “employee absenteeism, turnover, and morale,” and 85% of businesses reported that FMLA compliance is easy or at least non-impactful, on the functioning of their organizations (WHD, FMLA Survey