Eight weeks before Danelle Buchman’s baby was due, an artery ruptured in her uterus, which nearly killed her and her child. Delivered by emergency C-section in 2010, her newborn daughter, Avery, spent one month in intensive care. Buchman survived only after an immediate hysterectomy. When she tried to return to a PR job she lovedContinue reading “Landmark family leave law doesn’t help millions of workers”
Category Archives: Family and Medical Leave Act
Two decades on, small businesses strongly support Family and Medical Leave Act
Two decades since the Family Medical Leave Act became the law of the land, scientific opinion polling released Tuesday shows small business owners strongly support the law, which allows eligible employees of covered employers a limited amount of unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons. The law went into effect on Feb. 5,Continue reading “Two decades on, small businesses strongly support Family and Medical Leave Act”
Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act
From McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Family and Medical Leave Act became law, 4 in 10 workers aren’t eligible to take temporary, unpaid leave to recover from serious illnesses or to care for new children or sick relatives. Some who are covered under the law – about 5 percent – say theyContinue reading “Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 