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family leave social policy permitting workers to take a specified amount of time off from the job to attend to pressing family needs. The U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (1993) attempts to balance family and work obligations. This law, which covers companies with 50 or more workers and employees with at least a year of service, mandates up to 12 weeks of leave per year for various family medical emergencies and for the birth or adoption of a child. It also stipulates that the employers must continue to provide health care benefits and that returning workers must be given their old job or an equivalent position. Many states also have family leave laws, and in many European countries and Japan, longer periods of paid leave are common.

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	Paid family leave idea debated.(Business)(A plan to give workers $250 per week for family leave ?is opposed by some members of a business organization) Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/1/2008; 441 words ; ...creating a payroll deduction to fund family leave for employees taking time off work to...for up to six weeks to workers taking family leave. The proposal isn't expected to make...question about the proposal for paid family leave in its annual survey of members conducted... Read more
	The President's radio address. (Pres. Bill Clinton speech)(Transcript) Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 2/10/1997; 700+ words ; ...first Americans to make use of the new family leave law in 1993 when she and her husband...1995 for the birth of her second child. Family leave is not only family-friendly, it's employer-friend...of his employees who have also used family leave. The Calvert Group started a family... Read more
	No work left behind.(family leave law)(Brief article) Magazine article from: State Legislatures; 10/1/2006; 309 words ; ...requires time off from work. The Federal Family Leave Act, passed in 1993, allows 12 weeks...far the only, state to provide paid family leave for all employees, both public and private...Illinois, New Jersey and Ohio provide paid family leave for state employees. Four ... Read more
	California paid family leave: {beginning July 1, employees are allowed six weeks off--with partial pay--to care for a newborn or other family member. Here's how employees & employers can prepare}. Magazine article from: California CPA; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...his office about something called paid family leave. In 2002, Gov. Davis signed SB 1661...nation's first state governed the paid family leave entitlement. At its core, the Paid Family Leave Act gives eligible employees up to six... Read more
	Appearance as hiring factor can get ugly.(Business) Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 2/24/2002; 668 words ; ...they will probably charge my absence as family leave. I feel it's an invasion of my privacy...legally count this time against me for family leave even though I only requested sick leave...OFLA and FMLA, the Oregon and federal family leave laws, is entitled to require sufficient... Read more
	Washington passes paid family leave.(TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS) Magazine article from: State Legislatures; 7/1/2007; 364 words ; Family leave laws have been a blessing for families...the second state to establish a paid family leave program, joining California, which passed...effective Oct. 1, 2009. California's paid family leave insurance program allows workers to... Read more
	More paid family leave is worse than it sounds. (Opinion).(Brief Article) Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 7/22/2002; ; 556 words ; Supporters of paid family leave have the advantage of a wonderfully...to grant up to 12 weeks of paid family leave-recently passed the state Senate...now, employees can take unpaid family leave for a variety of personal reasons... Read more
	Senate says no to paid family leave.(Legislature)(Lingering questions and a rush to adjourn do in majority Democrats' efforts to fund a safety net for workers) Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 6/28/2007; 700+ words ; ...Wednesday that would have created paid family leave, one of the few defeats for Democrats...workers who took time off under Oregon's Family Leave Act to care for a new child or ailing...deadline it set for itself in January. The family leave proposal on Monday squeaked out of the... Read more
	Paid family leave bill would hurt small business. (Opinion).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 8/5/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Legislature from proposing a new paid family leave program funded by new taxes for both...working Californians. State and federal family leave laws already require employers with 50 or more employees to provide unpaid family leave under specified conditions. But SB 1661... Read more
	California's new family leave law worries business groups.(paid family leave law) Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 6/21/2004; ; 700+ words ; As the nation's first paid family leave law takes effect on July 1, California...in how many workers wind up using the family leave option is the solvency of the disability...many of which had lobbied against the family leave legislation, warn that a flood of leave... Read more

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