IN THE NEWS - "Family-Leave Values"
According to this article, "Family-Leave Values" in the NY Times today, people are losing their jobs due to family leave issues. Amazing!
Here is the link to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/magazine/29discrimination-t.html?pagewanted=6&_r=1&th&adxnnl=0&emc=th&adxnnlx=1185804131-j1srVjT1XbXubC9VTPXohQ
3 comments:
So what is the answer???
ML, I am not sure there is one...just families doing the best they can.
I was denied a transfer which potentially would give me $20,000/year more in pay (more hours translates to more money). I received a letter saying that I had been denied due to poor attendence.
There is nothing in my attendence record that would give that impression except for one two month sick leave in 2006 and one for three months. Both were covered under FMLA.
My union is planning to fight for me, but I have had other issues in the past that my union was also supposed to support me on and nothing happened.
In the past 3 years since my first leave, I have been told during interviews that I had the job, and then suddenly received a letter saying it went to someone else. When I call to find out why, I never get a straight answer. I believe it is also due to this "attendence" problem.
I only took 16 hours of Sick leave last year and most of that should have been under FMLA also.
I don't know what to do. My company is a huge gov't corp. Any advice?
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