It is important for parents to be able to care for their newborns. Unfortunately, parents and 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…
In this paper, I aim to examine the similarities and the differences between the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 of the U.S. and the Thailand Labor Protection Act of 1998, amended 2008. Although I will not go into every section of each law, I will discuss the major provisions of each law and then analyze how the two laws play significant roles in determining the labor rights between the U.S. and Thailand. From the selected provisions of each law, I will attempt to draw a conclusion on how,…
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…
On ACAS website (http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1373) several information can be found on The Working Time Regulations that cover the employees’ rights on holidays, rest periods, working hours and night work. In regards to holidays, all workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks or 28 days of paid statutory leave or annual leave. The annual leave may include bank holidays if the employer decides to class them as holidays, and these are paid as well. As for working hours, there is a limit of…
Society in the United States is ever changing. I believe the US built, with the belief that this nation will be the best nation overall. Obviously, the pilgrims left their old society, to start and build their ideal society in the US. I would say like most societies the US is still developing, with events that we learn from every 10 or so years. I think currently the US society is focused on divisions, mainly division of races and sexes. I don’t think the US society will ever be as divided on…
Now she plans to take ‘limited time off’ after having twins. Mark Zuckerberg on the other hand, started a 2 months’ paternal leave after announcing the birth of his first child. The three moral concerns on parental-leave has significant importance on the roles of women in business. First, women have a right to compete on an equal terrain with men. The legal requirement that large firms provide at least unpaid maternity leave and reinstatement respects that…
Paternal leave is for both men and women and paternity leave is gender specific, to men (Huerta, Adema, Baxter, Han, Lausten, Lee, and Waldfogel, 2013). Paternity leave is starting to become more popular in European countries (Ruhm, Waldfogel, 2011). There is evidence that fathers, who take leave, positively affect their children’s future (Zhelyazkova, 2013). Forty four percent of men in the United States took leave (Family Values Work). FMLA or the Family and Medical Leave act protects family…
returning too early to work harms mental health for the babies: “Mothers’ return to work in the first year postpartum had detrimental effects on childhood cognitive development, particularly for return to work in the first three months postpartum” (“Parental Leave” 3). The impacts on the cognitive development for the babies involved allows enough concern to increase the amount of days given to women for maternity leave, especially because many women go back to their work within a couple of weeks…
In the April 26th, 2016 issue of The Good Men Project published an opinion article by Holly Whitman, a piece entitled, “New Dad’s Should Be Able to Take Paternity Leave- Here’s How.” In the article Holly Whitman encourages all fathers of their newborns to take paternity leave because it’s one bond that a dad won’t get back. Holly personally experienced the hard labor of 30 hours while still ending up with a cesarean section. C-sections shouldn’t be the only reason why dads should take paternity…
Some are unaware of how much a child’s home life and family can affect their social skills, morals, success in school, and even health. A child’s home life will almost always effect the overall outcome of that child in all aspects of his or her life. It is common that a child will often turn out like their family members. This is important because if a child comes from a broken or unstable home it may affect him or her in a negative way. I think that it is absolutely necessary that all people…