Family Leave Tag

Most workers have access to unpaid, job-protected leave through the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. The FMLA, which became law in 1993, was intended to offer some stability for employees who needed to take time away from work to deal with a major medical...

Employment benefits that improve quality of life, increase flexibility, and enable people to attend to their personal needs rank high among both employees and job-seekers. And yet, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), while 79 percent of employees have access to paid sick...