Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Maternity Leave is an often-debated issue and the conditions that would make it possible for some women to take a maternity leave are not the same for others. The distinction between social classes in careers prevents women from having maternity leave even if they are offered it. CEO women have the luxury of taking maternity leave because they have a job where they have the chance to take time off because they have a position of power and delegate the work people do for them. Working class…

percentage of their salary or hourly wage into this program. Federal employees are not required to contribute to this program, since they contribute to the Federal Employee Retirement Program. Worker’s Compensation provides a percentage of lost wages and medical benefits for individuals that is injured or develop an illness preforming or due to their job duties. The employee is not responsible for contributing to this program since it is a employers responsibility to pay a percentage of their…

Throughout time laws have come and gone. Many different generations have seen acts that were once considered criminal turn legal, and vice versa. One law that has fluctuated in consistency and rule since 1938 is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is in place to protect workers and is regulated by the United States Department of Labor (DOL). The FLSA encompasses several aspects of the work force that require regulation, including child labor, minimum wage, and overtime pay (Cheeseman,…

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Work-Family Practices: The Usage and Effect on Employee Performance Facts and Statistics ● Employers turn to flexible scheduling for recruitment and employee retention in workplaces with labor shortages. They also use this as a method to increase productivity, and job satisfaction (Golden, 2001). ● Women with a college degree are about 1.3 times more likely to have access to a flexible work schedule (Glauber, 2011). ● Men and women who work in public sectors…

Background Work-life balance is a belief in an idea that one holds the fundamental right to pursue a career whilst maintaining time to attend to family, seek medical care, or engage in personal enjoyment. However, this quality of life hasn't always been the forefront of importance to the United States government and its industries. During the early 1900s men, women, and children alike were quite often shorted from their pay while being deprived of proper rest breaks made to confront exceedingly…

In the past, maternal leave has had a troubled history in legislation. Women have had to fight multiple times in court to access time off for childcare. In the United States where the consensus is that working hard equates to your dreams coming true, significant time off work seems retrograde in obtaining one’s goals. Throughout history as more women entered the workforce, a divide formed between business and motherhood. In today’s society, maternal leave is a term left behind for a more…

been guided by different models of thought (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014). Pinel had been guided by the psychological model, while Chiarugi had been guided by the medical model (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014). In 1841, Dorathea Dix began a 40 year campaign to fund institutions…

Maternity leave is inherently gender specific. Given that policies governing “maternity” leave, whether paid or unpaid, impact men and women so differently, one must examine the issue through the lens of gender equality. Articles by economists and sociologists, provide insight into the effects of childrearing on a woman’s career and earning potential in the United States. Furthermore, examining other countries’ maternity leave policies helps identify how changes to federal maternity leave…

unions in the workplace. Labor laws were put in place to protect the employees and to set the rules and regulations in the workplace between employers and employees. The Family Leave Act of 1993 (FLMA) was enacted by the Federal Government and put in place to guarantee employees up to 12 unpaid weeks of leave for medical and family emergencies. For example if an employee gets sick and needs to take some time off of work or time off to care for a sick relative. This law was put in place to…

Paid Paternity Leave: Mandatory for Employers to Offer In the United States, currently paternity leave is an issue for both employers and employees, on average women and men go back to their job(s), two weeks or less after their child(ren) are born. The first few weeks after having a child or children are the hardest, however too many parents are going back too soon. Employers should mandatorily offer paid paternity leave for new parents who currently end up going back to work too soon due to…