Falling Leaves

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted by congress on February 5, 1993. The Act ensures that employers that have 50 or more employees that they are provided protected unpaid leave. Employees are protected for unpaid leave for a 12 week period. The Act not only protects the employee but protects the employee’s family member in the event an illness occurs. This allows the employee to take time off of work to provide the necessary care that is needed for themselves or family member.…

Essentially, many organizations have converted vacation, sick time, and personal time into a policy known as “paid time off” (PTO) (Martocchio, 2013). PTO is also referred to as “personal time off” (Tobin, 2015). In general, PTO hours are used to pay compensation to employees, when they are not at work to perform their job functions (Martocchio, 2013). Nevertheless, it is imperative that the configuration of the organization’s PTO policy is created to meet its business needs (Tobin, 2015).…

SWA #4 (A Picture to Remember) The picture that I selected is the that shows three firemen raising a flag during on in the midst of one of Americas hardest times, September 11, 2001. The scene was captured by Thomas E. Franklin. The photo sets a real sorrow mood with its back and white colors. The fact that its in back and white makes the scene look even more meaningful. I think that the picture was chose to be printed in black and white to show how dark of a day it was for America. The…

Followed by a deeper understanding of the characters and the rising action of the adventure. That led to an exciting and unexpected climax. Which gave way to the falling action that opened up another point of view of the drama, that may change original thoughts, from the beginning. The denouement or reasoning for the action taken in the reading, was a great twist on the original treat others on how you wanted to be…

The play that I went and saw was Rent at the Hal Todd Theatre. The venue was a thrust theatre because it had seats facing on three sides for people to watch the play. The playwright of this play is Jonathan Larson and it was directed by Buddy Butler. This play was a musical, which was fun for me because I had never seen a musical before. This play had many aspects to it, including love and friendship. The main characters of this play would be Roger, who wants to be a musician, and Mimi,…

This letter is a formal response to the Non-Disciplinary Memo of Concern you addressed with me on September 3rd. I am deeply upset as to the concerns you presented to me that day, and in regards to the results of both of our conversations on September 3rd and 8th regarding my managerial performance. I felt blindsided during our first meeting as you have never addressed any issues with me in the past be it verbal, face to face, or written. In fact during prior verbal conversations with you I have…

While the questions of parental leave is most frequently considered in the light of a woman’s ability to take time off from work after giving birth, the importance of paternity leave must also be considered.…

In this scenario, Sergeant Williams, pairs his subordinate Officer Roberts, with Field Training Officer Andrew Tibbetts, who impregnates her. Officer Roberts is irate and upset with Sergeant Williams because FTO Tibbets will not leave his family to enter into a relationship with her. Officer Roberts blames Sergeant Williams because he paired the two together even though Officer Tibbetts had a reputation of being a ladies’ man and that she was vulnerable at the time. Officer Roberts felt that…

agreed on: paid maternity leave. This election was the first time in history both parties pushed for paid maternity leave, but as always, they disagreed on the logistics. Donald Trump believes women deserve 6 weeks of paid maternity leave after childbirth, and plans to pay for it through unemployment insurance. In contrast, Hillary Clinton believes no matter how the child is received (i.e. childbirth, surrogate, or adoption), both men and women deserve paid maternity leave (Sholar). Even…

Katie Landwehr Economics Essay Pro Paid Leave Almost 75% of American children live in households with working parents and no stay-at-home mom or dad. This means that the vast majority of parents would need to take time off work to take care of sick kids or care for a newborn, sadly that percentage doesn’t match up with the percentage of workers who actually have paid family leave. As of 2011, only 11% of the private sector and 17% of the public sector could take time off from…