The Benefits of the Family and Medical Leave Act

To meet the growing needs of employees and to balance the needs of the workplace with the needs of families, Congress passed the "Family and Medical Leave Act". Without policies like FMLA, many employees often have to choose between "required work and family they like" (Hayes). The 1993 family and Medical Leave Act is the first national law to help Americans balance work needs and family needs. It helped to fill the gap between family and work and succeeded in ensuring that men and women have the right to get unpaid leave and cope with family related situations.

So how much is the cost of not providing paid sick leave and family vacation under the federal government? Looking at the "Family and Medical Leave Law", you can notice the economic impact of not paying such benefits. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed by the Bill Clinton President in 1993 and gives workers the right to give 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Creating FMLA assumes that most families have male images of Breadwinter and female figures that can take care of children and sick families, so you do not need to take paid leave. However, over the past two decades, the structure of the family has undergone major changes, from 1960 to 2012 the number of gluttonated married families has decreased from 65% to 22%. There are many women in the workplace Between 1967 and 2012 mothers have increased from 27.5% to 63.3%.

In addition to the health benefits of family and sick leave, the study also shows that paid holidays are good for workers and employers and good for the economy. The economic benefits of family and medical leave insurance can be summarized into the following five arguments. This will be explained in detail later in this briefing. Family and medical leave insurance will increase labor and economy. According to research, the paid vacation plan provides flexible choices for workers to maintain labor while recovering from illness and pregnancy while caring for loved ones.