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In the US, parents and family are federally protected under the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) [17] to go on maternity or family leave after the adoption or birth of a child. [18] Under this law, legal parents are protected for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave (per year).
The FMLA is administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor. The FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to 12 work weeks of unpaid leave during any 12-month period to care for a new child, care for a seriously ill family member, or recover from a serious illness.
In a study conducted in California and Illinois of parents of chronically ill children before (2003-2004) and after (2005–2006) the passage of PFL, no difference was observed in time taken off work to care for a sick or newly born child. Of those parents surveyed, only 18% had heard of the program and 5% had used it. [11]
It had been a year and a half since Cassandra Thompson called 911 over a death threat at Central District Health.By May 2023, Thompson had exhausted her 12 weeks’ worth of family medical leave ...
Searches for birth control doubled between Nov. 2 and two days after the election and groups like Aid Access, which connects people to mail-order abortion pills, experienced a 16-fold increase in ...
The grieving family was looking for help raising $20,000 to help pay for the arraignments of transporting Mateo’s remains from California to his native Guatemala where his mother could receive ...
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]
I'm from Hesperia, California, and I am a stay-at-home mom. By walking every day and following a "calories in, calories out," or CICO, eating plan, I lost 90 pounds. I’ve always been overweight ...