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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just looked at the teachers' contract in the county I live in. It actually provides that teachers may be given a leave of absence, without pay, for up to two years for "child rearing."  The leave being granted might be a matter of contract that is a benefit that teachers receive, but that other professions do not receive.

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So negotiate for it. We should have more options like unpaid leave. [/quote]

And who would do the work when people take advantage of this unpaid leave? Just curious. It makes sense in teaching where someone can do the job and fill in for a year or two, but extended absences from the the workforce in other professions aren't as easy to address.[/quote]

FMLA in the US covers employers with over 50 employees. Really regardless of size, but particularly as you move beyond tiny operations, businesses should not be completely reliant on any single employee. After all, any number of reasons could lead to that employee not working.

Have you really never seen what happens when someone goes on FMLA? Work gets reassigned. Temporary workers, or PRN workers, might fill in gaps, particularly for shift jobs. Non-critical tasks across the organization might get delayed. Yes, there may be a financial impact on the business, but a business would have to be in a pretty poor place for that to jeopardize the business as a whole.

Also, think about what would happen if there wasn't FMLA. Many people in the situation where FMLA can be invoked would instead be forced to quit. Then that temporary loss of a worker could become a permanent loss. Perhaps in some cases it might be less disruptive to hire someone new on a permanent basis rather than go through two employee transitions, but there are many, many cases where it is far better to be able to retain and bring back that original employee.

And, of course, that's in addition to the general notion of not treating people like crap.[/quote]

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