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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"FMLA"”.
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Pay Increases Subsequent to FMLA Leave: The Role of Organizational Justice
… to incorporate the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave into the equation. In short, this research addressed whether an employee's absence for FMLA-covered reasons impacts the perceived justice of subsequent pay increases for that employee. Specifically, it was hypothesized that the …
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Analysis of Perceived Barriers Encountered by Management within Pharmacy Workflow due to Intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Leave at a Governmental Teaching Hospital
… is on intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave. Methods: This qualitative study was submitted prior to commencement to the institutional review boards (IRB) at both the University of Houston and the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD). Inclusion criteria include employees of HCHD …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of National Policies Supporting Family Caregivers of Old Adults
… effectiveness of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 (P.L. 103-3) and the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP) of 2000 (Title III-E and Title VI-C). Combined, FMLA and NFCSP are effective in meeting the wide range of informal caregivers' financial, training, and support …
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Utilization of the family medical leave act: A case study
… passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA of the Act) to provide a national policy that supports families in their efforts to strike a workable balance between the competing demands of the workplace and the home. The objective of this study is to examine the amount of FMLA lost time at …
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Work–Family Conflict in Low-Income Households
… few states offer Paid Family Leave benefits. The FMLA was established to protect workers from losing their jobs in case they needed to care for an elderly person or for their children. However, since value is not placed in family structures there has not been much development in that area. The …
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Forgetting the American Family: How the Family and Medical Leave Act is Insufficient and What Can Be Done to Improve It
… to clarify the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 and explore where the Act is deficient. In addition, federal policy is compared with states that currently have a more generous paid leave program. In the interest of the effect this issue has on American global competitiveness, United …
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Social Policy and Family Well-Being: Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) on children's birth and infant health outcomes in the United States. My identification strategy uses variation in pre-FMLA maternity leave policies across states and variation in which firms are covered by FMLA provisions. Using Vital …
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The impact of discounts on subjective product evaluations
… for each construct in both the pretest and fmla data collection stages. The analysis for the experiment incorporated ANOVA, Duncan's multiple comparisons, trend analysis, and LISREL to test the significance of the proposed relationships. In general, the analysis provided good support for the …
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Care in the Workplace:The Employer’s Role in the Alleviation of the Eldercare Problem
The Center for Disease Control has referred to the group of people, aged 18-35, who have an elderly dependent they care for (by which I mean physical, emotional, or mental assistance necessary for the elderly dependent’s continued living) and are entering the workforce as the “sandwich” generation. …
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Experiences Of Female Faculty With Maternity Leave At Four-Year Universities In An Upper Midwest State
<p>The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore female faculty members' experiences with maternity leave, while working as a career academic in higher education. Participants consisted of women currently employed in an upper Midwest state at six four-year institutions. An online survey …
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A pregnancy test: women workers and the hybrid American welfare state, 1940-1993
This dissertation shows that the US developed the outlines of a maternity policy at least by WWII. Rarely were the needs of pregnant workers or new mothers at the top of social policy initiatives. However, when European countries were developing their plans, reformers and bureaucrats sought to …