Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Over the years, the amount of women in the medical field has increased tremendously compared to back in the days when the medical field was mainly occupied by males. For example, in 1970, only 7.6% of females were physicians in the medical field but by 2000, the percentage of women that becomes physicians increased to 24% which is a huge increase in a pretty short amount of time. Although the amount of women in the medical field has increased, the amount of gender discrimination moves such as…

For the specific article at hand “If Republicans Cared about Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave” id analyze Ellen Bravo. Ellen Bravo is the director of Family Values @ Work and a life-long activist. Family Values @ Work promotes a network of state coalitions working for family friendly policies. According to the Family Values at Work website, the coalition works with 21 states to provide family friendly work environments. The Family Values at Work coalition attempts to close the gap of…

roles of being both a family provider and a family care giver. “The ability to balance work and family or, alternatively, be forced to choose between work and family was largely perceived as a “women’s issue”.…

Short and long term impact on Caregiver’s earnings People underestimate the time caregiving will consume. It is rarely a short-term job. Medical advances are keeping us alive longer. In the last 6 decades, the average age of death has risen about 10 years. By 2020 the average length of life will be 80 years. Increasing caregiving responsibilities may force employment changes, such as switching to part-time work, stop working, or retiring early. The employment change may be helpful in the short…

Established in 1913 this department is now affecting over 125 million workers’. Altogether the department enforces more than 180 federal laws. Some of these laws include Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prescribes standards for wages and overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping and youth labor standards affecting full or part time worker in the private sector and in…

in Wage and Hour Division (n.d.) that the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. This essentially means employees can take a leave of absence for medical related reasons, while still receiving their medical coverage, although the employer is not…

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.…

When Australia passed a parental leave law in 2010, it left the United States as the only leading nation not to offer paid leave for mothers of newborns. A majority of the rest of the world has paid maternity leave policies. Swaziland and Papua New Guinea are the only other countries that do not. Many other countries give new fathers paid time off or allow parents to share paid leave. My discussion of paid family medical leave, focusing on maternity leave, is in fact addressing the larger matter…

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.…

Maternity Leave Maternity leave is an approved maternal or medical leave that refers to a time period in which you are medically unable to work for the purpose of giving a normal or cesarean birth and taking care of the infant. This is usually a 6 to 8 week period depending on the complication factors of the birth and health of the child. Some women take leave prior to giving birth because of discomfort or the desire to prepare for the newborn. Others, take time after the baby is born to…