LIT1 – Task 1
Fogwill. H. (2016)
Western Governors University
WGU Student# 000519534
LIT1 – Task 1
Major Provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 allow employees to take a maximum of 12 weeks of unpaid time off from work while their job will be protected for them on their return. Additionally, FMLA states employees will continue to have access to their group life insurance (Department of Labor, n.d-a). FMLA could be used for the following reasons:
• For the birth and care of a newborn of the employee.
• When the employee adoption a child or foster care.
• To care for immediate family with serious illness. Immediate family are spouse, children or parents.
• Used by employees who need to take medical time off to deal with serious health conditions.
To qualify for FMLA an employee need to be employed by the same company for 12-months, and have worked 1,250 hours over this …show more content…
The purpose of this law is to ensure people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as people without disabilities. Disabilities includes both physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
The only requirement from an employee perspective is to have a qualified mental or physical disability.
ADA apply to employers with 15 or more employees. The employer is required to provide reasonable accommodations in the workplace to allow an applicant or employee to apply for a position or perform the essential job functions (ADA National Network, n.d). The Department of Labor describe this reasonable accommodation as not imposing “undue hardship” on the employer (Department of Labor, n.d-d).
Applying ADA to Situation
Fogwill. H. (2016)
Western Governors University
WGU Student# 000519534
LIT1 – Task 1
Major Provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 allow employees to take a maximum of 12 weeks of unpaid time off from work while their job will be protected for them on their return. Additionally, FMLA states employees will continue to have access to their group life insurance (Department of Labor, n.d-a). FMLA could be used for the following reasons:
• For the birth and care of a newborn of the employee.
• When the employee adoption a child or foster care.
• To care for immediate family with serious illness. Immediate family are spouse, children or parents.
• Used by employees who need to take medical time off to deal with serious health conditions.
To qualify for FMLA an employee need to be employed by the same company for 12-months, and have worked 1,250 hours over this …show more content…
The purpose of this law is to ensure people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as people without disabilities. Disabilities includes both physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
The only requirement from an employee perspective is to have a qualified mental or physical disability.
ADA apply to employers with 15 or more employees. The employer is required to provide reasonable accommodations in the workplace to allow an applicant or employee to apply for a position or perform the essential job functions (ADA National Network, n.d). The Department of Labor describe this reasonable accommodation as not imposing “undue hardship” on the employer (Department of Labor, n.d-d).
Applying ADA to Situation