Leaves of Grass

where I am going with this. Paternity leave is important for both genders in today’s society because a husband and wife team can’t always lean on their parents, aunts, uncles, friends, or anyone for that matter sometimes, and whether or not they can should not make a difference. The two only have each…

Trauma vs Valuable Life Experience I remember a time when I had to listen to my mom beg for my life and her own. It started one day in the early afternoon around 1 o’clock. My bedroom frigid and relaxing from the air conditioning, as I laid there listening to the movie, “Mac and Devin go to High school.” All while texting my friend Kayla about what time I was going to go over to her house that weekend. “This might be the start of a really great week, it’s going so well and I can’t wait to see…

Intro: Hello, I'm Josie Taylor, apart of the proposition team along with Hayley, Jess, and Gabby. We are defending the topic the “Public Advocacy about mandatory paid parental leave should rely on scientific and economic arguments” Definitions: To clear all that up, I’m going to define some of the words in that statement. First off we have public advocacy We defined public based off the words of Habermas as “when citizens act as a public when they deal with matter of general interest without…

subjected to a further increase. The Children and Families Act has given parents the option, subject to eligibility, to take maternity leave, together with ordinary paternity leave, or to take Shared Parental Leave (SPL), (Stevens, M. 2015). In order to be eligible to enter the SPL system, both parents must satisfy a two-stage test. The parent that wants to share parental leave with the child’s mother has to fulfil what is called an ‘employment and earnings’ meaning they must have worked for any…

decision I could have ever made. Keeping misty. Yes, misty does come with responsibilities such as waking up in the middle of the night at 3, 4 or even 5 in the morning to take her out to potty. She will whine until you take her out. Waking up early to leave water and food for her is another thing I have to do and after being up at 3 in the morning, no one wants to be up by 6:30 am. For her I would do that and more. She is fun in so many ways and such a good pup. We go for jeep rides and she…

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,…

issues with the Family Medical Leave Act Introduction The Family Medical Leave Act was adopted in 1993 and is also known as the FMLA. The United States Department of Labor defines the Family Medical Leave Act (n.d) as “FMLA 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.” A employee may…

for a new born? Well, because we live in a country that offers only twelve weeks of unpaid parental leave, meaning that parents can take up twelve weeks without having the fear of losing their jobs, but parents don’t get income in those twelve weeks. That’s it. America is a first world country that does not support their families. America is one of two countries that don’t offer paid parental leave, New Guinea, a third world country being…

changing your armpits looked a little swollen.” I started to get scared, so I looked at my armpits and saw that they were huge. I looked back at James and Juan and said “you guys need to leave before you get infected.” They both said insinc “but you will die.” I said “remember what we agreed on?” They finally agreed to leave, and they were gone before night. When I went back into the cave, The skeleton man was there, and right then I realized why he was there, he was there to show me how much…

cons of 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…