Child Benefits

This article can be found: http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/618931.html

This article explains how California was the first to adopt the family leave law. It consisted of one dollar per week, an automatic payroll deduction funded by employees. The program provides most employees with a six week "non-job-protected" paid leave to care for ill family members. It actually pays up to 55% of an individuals salary. That is a lot of money. I think that it is a good idea because no matter what employees are helping one another by giving. The downside of this article is the survey that was taken of parents with ill children. The majority of the parents who took enough leave to qualify for the program actually did not know it existed. These parents stayed at work because they feared losing income or their jobs. I believe it is the corporation's responsibility to inform each employee of something this important.