Leave of absence

Paid Maternity Leave Madeleine M. Kunin once said, “Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.” This quote displays the true effects of the neglect of paid leave in the United States. The United States is part of a small handful of countries that still do not mandate…

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.…

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…

We still leave in a patriarchy society meaning that dominant males are the ones who are at the head of the family. When two partners have a child together the decision usually is that the mother stays home with the newborn while the father leaves to be the breadwinner. Society is shaped this way because men are continually making larger incomes than women, so even if they both…

children in the United States are being deprived of the essential benefits paid parental leave can provide. In the 21st century most parents work. The reality is most children live in a household with a single parent or two working parents. With all the evidence, it’s surprising how behind the United States is on this matter. In fact, the United States is the only industrialized country that does not offer paid leave for parents. Throughout the years the United States has shown some improvement…

The costs and benefits of the introduction of a paid parental leave in North Carolina Introduction: Historically the US lagged behind many high income and developed countries in terms of parental leave benefits. It was not until 1993 that unpaid parental leave was mandated under the U.S. family and medical leave act (FMLA). Even with the enactment of FMLA, it contains many restrictions that made more than half of the labor force ineligible. In addition, take up rate among eligible workers is…

maternity leave, and while women are granted up to twelve weeks of maternity leave, some women are denied access to it. The United States has the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993), which states that women are eligible for unpaid maternity leave for six to twelve weeks if employees work in a firm of 50 or more employees, work with the same business for 12 months and have worked for at least 1,250 hours over those 12 months. There is a huge debate about whether maternity leave should be…

Parental Leave Laws are an extremely important but overwhelmingly overlooked necessity in America. Other countries have proven for years that Paid and Protected Parental Leave strengthen the family unit, as well as the economic and corporate structures. The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns. We must make Parental Leave Laws a priority for all parents if we wish to improve the standard quality of life in this country and…

their child in the beginning of life. Paternal leave is an option in the U.S., but only 3 states offer paid parental leave, which are California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island (United States Department of Labor). It is ideal for both parents to take parental leave but many times only the mother will take maternal leave because someone under the roof needs to bring in the money, which in many cases is the father. Sometimes fathers don’t take parental leave because of the stigma that the child only…