RE: Men and Women equal? No, never.
May 14, 2013 at 10:47 pm
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2013 at 10:54 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Is there some other program you had in mind, whereby people are "paid to have kids"? The FMLA and short term disability are the most direct examples of programs that could be construed as such - and short term disability is the only type of paid maternity leave offered federally. In the case of someone using both FMLA and short term disability the person making a "withdrawal" if you will, is likely to be paying more into the system then short term dis is going to pay out to them (so no, you aren't paying for my wife's maternity leave..lol, she is - though I'm sure that there's somebody somewhere who you can put that one on). The FMLA side of it is more legal protection.
All of this centers on programs that are relevant to the notion, of course, that it's okay to discriminate because somehow, by not doing so, you will be forced to pay - as an employer- for your employees pregnancy or maternity leave. Not in the US.
(IIRC btw, we do actually pay out for drug addicts who - as a consequence of their drug addictions, end up disabled- and of course we have plenty of federally and state funded rehab this and thats -and yes, I'm okay with that)
All of this centers on programs that are relevant to the notion, of course, that it's okay to discriminate because somehow, by not doing so, you will be forced to pay - as an employer- for your employees pregnancy or maternity leave. Not in the US.
(IIRC btw, we do actually pay out for drug addicts who - as a consequence of their drug addictions, end up disabled- and of course we have plenty of federally and state funded rehab this and thats -and yes, I'm okay with that)
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