Sick leave

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…

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…

for my supervisor that did not work out well for me, therefore, my analysis will help me figure out how to not find myself in that situations again. A few months ago, my direct supervisor had to take a leave of absence due to an injury. He was going to be out for a few weeks to recover, but his leave took longer than he originally expected, consequently, our regional manager decided to hire a temporary replacement for him until he returned. During my scheduled interview, she informed me that our…

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…

Paternity leave in the United States has been a growing controversy over the past few years. With parents wanting to both be involved with their child early on, the need for such benefit requires reevaluation in the workplace. With inadequate policies set in place, families often struggle with financial burdens, loss of employment, and gender identity/role issues. New parents should be allowed paternity leave, to get the opportunity to bond with baby, help their partner with any needs and those…

company for a while. PTO is viewed by some employees as a benefit and will use all of their time when they may not have used it in the past; Some employee's will not use PTO days when they are sick; Coaching may need to be used to address any oncoming issues with an employee coming into work when they are sick; Manager's will also need to put into place any expectations from employee's to model appropriate behavior when using PTO…

Steve rushed his wife to the hospital early one Friday morning, within several hours he officially became a father. As he held his son he realized he and his wife are now new parents. His wife planned to take the now standard twelve week maternity leave at home caring for their son. Steve however, will return to work Monday morning as usual. When he returns to work, his lack of sleep and hectic home life will untitentialy impact his job prefromace. This will cause both Steve and his wife…

In the meantime, I think the best thing for me to do, in order to improve my academic life, ironically, is to take a leave of absence from my studies. I am not aware of any implications that this decision might have on me other than prolonging my college career, but I think that it will help me in the long run. Taking time off will help me refocus my priorities and decide…

What is it like to be a stay at home dad? Most men would not know because only 14% of fathers stay home with their children after birth.(Los Angeles times, 2014, p.2). That should be more, because fathers sharing maternity leave, and getting paid for it is important for the child and the family in general. Although, that is not always the case. Unfortunately, Society has given the image that fathers are the ones that go and make the money, and mothers are the ones who stay home and tend to all…