Parental alienation syndrome

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…

take that role that women would usually endure. There are many instances where men have overcome the statistics and the social stigma. In the article “Policies to Assist Parents with Young Children” by Christopher J. Ruhm, Government endorses parental leave eligibility to assist parents with the transition and the high demands of work and family life. It should be a normal practice for a father and for a mother to have the ability and privileged to care after a child. It should be a human…

Situation A: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 provides eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave of absence from work for certain circumstances related to family or medical reasons. To be an eligible employee, one must be employed for at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work for a company that has 50 or more employees within a 75 mile radius. According to the United States Department of Labor,…

Wage Gap As many people already know, America has many problems that have yet to be fully handled. One of the major problems we currently face is the wage gap discrepancy, which is mainly shown between male and females. Research has proven that “women are averagely earning between 76 cents to 79 cents for every dollar men earn” (Sahadi). When there is a wage gap within the nation, it begins to divide every party involved, which in turn creates many more issues. In such a highly modernized…

To address whether the employee leaves granted by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) represents an undue burden on employers required to comply with the Act it needs to clarify that this Act provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. This information which is provided by the United States Department of Labor also explains that during the leave the employees also maintain their group health benefits. (1) For the employee side, this act is a fantastic…

As more American women become prominent figures in the workplace, the forces working against them become all the more evident. The United States only offers twelve unpaid weeks of maternity leave for new mothers, the lowest federal policy of all developing nations. Even with pleas from the masses and prominent politicians, like President Barack Obama, the last change in federal policy was in 1993. It’s important to consider the factors-- sexism and the American imperialist ideal-- that block…

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…

“China, not exactly seen as a model when it comes to human rights, provides 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. The US provides zero,” the American politician, and Senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders once stated. It is apparent that United States lacks the basic principal of paid maternity leave, and in fact it is the only developed country to not offer it. The United States has constantly debated whether or not paid maternity leave should be given, and even with many women entering the workforce…

Should men have paternity leave? Everybody knows that babies can be a hard to take care of,even with that little bundle of joy in your arms it can be tough. A question that has become popular is...should men have paternity leave? The fact is,that you need to make money as an adult. You have many financial responsibilities, and if both parents were off, their money will decrease by the thousands and a baby needs stability. If the dad is taking off for paternity leave many things can go…

Paternity Leave for Fathers? Yay or Nay? In 2016 your average household does not exist of a just one mother and one father but maybe two mothers or two fathers. Although a women is the one that carries a baby for forty weeks, it takes two people to raise a child. A mother is given anywhere from six to twelve weeks after having a baby to be off of work. A father does have that same opportunity, depending on their place of employment. Where maternity leave is offered for mothers it should also…