Petition to pass paid leave nationwide delivered to all members of Congress
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A petition to pass paid leave on a federal level in the United States was delivered to all members of Congress Wednesday morning.

The United States is one of seven countries globally that does not have any guaranteed form of paid leave, the petition states.

  • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
    9·
    4 months ago

    Idk, seems to me that the continuation of pay was your company being nice:

    The 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.

    https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla

    • Kerensky1101@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      While FMLA can be used in the case of a pregnancy you have to meet the following conditions first:

      In order to be eligible to take leave under the FMLA, an employee must (1) work for a covered employer, (2) work 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to the start of leave, (3) work at a location where 50 or more employees work at that location or within 75 miles of it, and (4) have worked for the employer for 12 months.

      So basically if you work for a smaller company, or just started, you can’t use it.

      Also note the per location employee rule. You could have a large nationwide business that purposely keeps the regional employment low in order to circumvent FMLA payouts