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11-19-2008, 10:34 AM
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| Obama wants mandatory paid sick leave and family leave
Just what we need to get the economy going. more mandatory costs for employers. Lawmakers Push to Expand Paid Leave - WSJ.com The Healthy Families Act, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D., Conn.) and backed by the president-elect, would require employers with 15 or more workers to provide seven paid days for their own or a family member's illness.
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The president-elect also wants to expand the 1993 family-leave law. Currently, employees of companies with 50 or more workers can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to tend to newborn and adopted children, sick family members or the workers' own medical conditions. But under this law, about half the work force isn't eligible. Mr. Obama would extend the mandate to employers with 25 workers and cover more purposes, including children's school needs and the care of a wider range of family members.
The biggest political hot potato of all -- paid family leave -- would be passed to the states. The president-elect has proposed giving states $1.5 billion in incentives to start paid family-leave programs similar to California's, which uses the state's temporary-disability-insurance fund to provide up to six weeks' paid family leave
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11-20-2008, 07:11 AM
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| i knew this was coming when they first came out with family leave bill. it is really bad. people will abuse this like nother else. | |
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11-20-2008, 07:12 AM
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| tennessee law allow 16 weeks of leave. people would have 4 months of "vacation" for the most part. that would be amazingly bad | |
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11-20-2008, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by joevol320  i knew this was coming when they first came out with family leave bill. it is really bad. people will abuse this like nother else. |
As usual, you have no idea as to what you are talking about. You can't just say, "I am taking leave", and get it. Even right now, there has to be official documentation from the physician of record to take personal or family leave. There will be additional red tape associated with this type of leave.
This is just another item for you right wingers to pick at and spew fear, despite the facts of the matter. | |
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11-20-2008, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by joevol320 tennessee law allow 16 weeks of leave. people would have 4 months of "vacation" for the most part. that would be amazingly bad | Another amazingly uninformed statement | |
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11-20-2008, 11:05 AM
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| Another "centrist" proposal from Obama
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11-20-2008, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by volinbham Another "centrist" proposal from Obama | have you bought, for even 1 second, all of the centrist drivel the media has been spouting? | |
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11-20-2008, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol have you bought, for even 1 second, all of the centrist drivel the media has been spouting? | No, but I believe Truefan...
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11-20-2008, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by volinbham No, but I believe Truefan... | that goes without saying. Have you not noticed the incredible transition team and smooth means by which the Obama team is taking charge? | |
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11-20-2008, 11:14 AM
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| We are way smaller than the 50 for the FMLA, but we folow the FMLA as a matter of conscience.
And yes, I'd like my cookine now. | |
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11-20-2008, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol that goes without saying. Have you not noticed the incredible transition team and smooth means by which the Obama team is taking charge? | truly impressive. if only the racists in the country would finally lose their hate. then everyone would be behind our new president. | |
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11-20-2008, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 And yes, I'd like my cookine now. | I have no idea what this was intended to say. | |
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11-20-2008, 11:21 AM
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| oof, cookie. As in, "You want a cookie?" | |
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11-20-2008, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 oof, cookie. As in, "You want a cookie?" | that makes much more sense. I was trying to use the word cooking somehow and just couldn't make it work.
I'm not typically that slow in figuring it out, but given some of the off the wall things you post...... | |
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