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Family Leave legislation pending in Congress: new bill would expand the Family Medical Leave Act by mandating paid leave for employees
Pending legislation could expand the Family Medical Leave Act FMLA to provide paid leave to employees. Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Ted Stevens (R-Ark.) introduced legislation in June that would provide up to eight weeks of paid leave to workers needing time off due to the birth or adoption of...
Tags: Benefits, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-09-01
Future moms declining paid leave
Only one in three working women who qualify for California's pregnancy leave program take advantage of the benefit, and most do so out of medical necessity, according to a University of California, Berkeley study. California is one of only five states that offer paid pregnancy leave, funded...
Tags: pregnancy, University of California at Berkeley, women
Research articles 2006-04-07
Most moms-to-be dont use paid leave
Only one in three working women who qualify for Californias pregnancy leave program take advantage of the benefit, and most do so out of medical necessity, according to a University of California, Berkeley study. California is one of only five states offering paid pregnancy leave, funded through...
Tags: pregnancy, University of California at Berkeley, women
Research articles 2006-04-10
Charter's COO out 'on paid leave'.(David Barford on leave pending grand jury investigation into accounting practices)
Charter Communications Inc. placed executive vice president and chief operating officer David Barford on paid leave last week, tying the move to a grand jury investigation into the MSO's accounting practices. The decision was striking. On one Charter...
Tags: accounting, Charter, Charter Communications Inc.
Research articles 2002-10-28
NHL players put embattled union chief on paid leave
NHL players have placed union executive director Ted Saskin on paid leave while they investigate allegations he was secretly monitoring player e-mails on the union's system. NHLPA senior director Ken Kim was also placed on paid leave. All 30 player reps voted to take the action...
Tags: E-mail, NHL
Research articles 2007-03-13
Paid Leave For Nevison
Cohen, Debra Nussbaum The Jewish Week 05-10-2002 Temple Emanu-El has granted its cantor, who is awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused his young nephew, a paid leave of absence, The Jewish Week has learned. A letter sent to...
Tags: Sobel N.V.
Research articles 2002-05-10
Aipac Puts Two Officials on Paid Leave
Nir, Ori Forward 03-18-2005 WASHINGTON -- The country's most influential pro-Israel lobbying organization has put on leave two top officials who are the target of an FBI investigation. Recently the American Israel Public Affairs Committee put Steve Rosen and ...
Tags: FBI, Government
Research articles 2005-03-18
AST Encourages Employers to Adopt Paid Leave Policies for Living Organ Donors via Awareness Campaign Effort
MT. LAUREL, N.J. -- The number of living organ donors can be increased if more employers offered paid leave to employees who act as live organ donors. That is the message of the American Society of Transplantation's AST new outreach campaign, which is aimed at corporations, institutions and local/state governments.
Tags: AST Computers
Research articles 2008-05-19
Paid Leave For Workers Hits a Snag
STATEHOUSE Top lawmakers say burden is too much for small business A controversial measure that would give all workers in New Jersey 10 weeks of paid leave to care for sick family members would have to be scaled back to fewer weeks before it could be considered by...
Tags: leave, U.S. Senate, worker
Research articles 2007-10-29
How to Take Parental Leave
Taking time off from work to care for a new child may be a federal right for many American workers, but doing it without mapping out a sound strategy can derail your career. Know Your Rights Goal: Determine exactly how...
Tags: Family and Medical Leave Act, parental leave, benefits, Workforce Management, human resources, workplace, Job, Boss, Crash Course, Selection, Recruitment &Amp, Recruitment & Selection, Telecommuting
Articles 2007-05-29
Paid Military Leave for Federal Employees
LAW REVIEW 126Q: I am a federal civilian employee and a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve. As you explained in Law Reviews 33 and 62, federal employees earn 120 hours of paid military leave per fiscal year. The entitlement used to be 15 days. My civilian supervisor insists on...
Tags: entitlement, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2004-05-01
Leave Bank Policy
The Leave Bank policy allows employees to donate accumulated paid time off PTO for use by other employees whose sick and other paid leave has been exhausted. It documents the procedures for granting of leave bank days, administrative procedures, eligibility of employees, donation of leave, and general rules. The company...
Tags: Bank, Business & Legal Reports, Leave Bank Policy, Financial Services
Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Deutsche Bank Americas Extends Maternity Leave Benefit to 16 Weeks, Adds Additional Programs to Support Working Families
NEW YORK -- Deutsche Bank Americas today announced the extension of its paid maternity leave benefit to 16 weeks following a birth or adoption. The benefit, which is available to both biological and adoptive parents who are the primary caregivers, is four weeks longer than the prior 12-week paid benefit....
Tags: benefit, Deutsche Bank AG
Research articles 2006-12-14
Many pregnant women don't use leave benefit
Only one in three working women who qualify for California's pregnancy leave program take advantage of the benefit, and most do so out of medical necessity, according to a University of California, Berkeley, study. California is one of only five states that offer paid pregnancy leave, funded...
Tags: benefit, pregnancy, University of California at Berkeley, women
Research articles 2006-04-09
Flexible leave bills may pass in Maryland
The General Assembly is poised to change state laws that govern when private employees can take paid leave, and some in the business community are calling the move an intrusion into the workplace. "Flexible Leave" bills have passed both the House of Delegates (HB 40) and the Senate...
Tags: Maryland, SOFTWARE, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-03-25
Barford out in the cold: as grand jury probes, Charter puts operating exec on 'leave'. (Top of The Week).(David Barford of Charter Communications)(Brief Article)
What has the grand jury found? By placing Executive Vice President David Barford on "paid leave," Charter Communications' CEO Carl Vogel may be signalling that he wants to distance the company from its top operating executive in the midst What has the grand jury...
Tags: Charter Communications Inc.
Research articles 2002-10-28
NBC's paternalism over maternal leave
ITEM: Campbell Brown, the co-host of NBC's "Today on Thursday," in a July 28 segment critical of the United States for not requiring paid maternity leave, demanded to know: "Why does the rest of the world get paid leave while morns here race back to work?" Not having such a...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-19
Food and Commercial Workers Urge New Jersey Senate to Pass Paid Leave Bill
WASHINGTON -- The United Food and Commercial Workers UFCW is very pleased to unanimously support the adoption of Assembly bill 1529, which would establish a paid Family Medical Leave Act for the state of New Jersey.
Tags: food, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-06-20
Politics stifle paid-leave bill; GOP may be holding off passage in hopes of election-year bargains.(News)
Byline: Erik Engquist Although it drew general support from state lawmakers, an initiative on paid family leave championed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer was not passed before the legislative session ended last week--a classic example of Albany politics trumping policy. Senate Republicans...
Tags: Albany, FINANCE, Taxes, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-06-25
Corzine Pushes Paid Family Leave
STATEHOUSE He vows to sign a measure by the end of the current year Gov. Jon Corzine has given a glowing endorsement to legislation that would make New Jersey the third state to offer paid leave to public- and private-sector employees who need to care for seriously ill...
Tags: leave, U.S. Senate, worker
Research articles 2007-06-25