Tag: absence

Caregivers may not say it out loud, but they are communicating their need for help in their absence from the activities they used to be involved with or by the lack of phone calls, text messages, and tweets you no longer receive from them. Perhaps the last time you saw your friend in the grocery store there was a brief moment when she was fighting back tears.

You’re looking forward to your new bundle of joy, but perhaps a little stressed about how you will manage your new arrival along with your job?  Wondering if you will be able to take time off to be with your baby, but unsure if your job will be open to you when you return?  Don’t fret—both the federal law and many state laws provide parents protected time off for the birth of, and bonding with, his/her newborn.

Under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, employers are prohibited from discriminating against or treating a woman applicant for employment or employee unfavorably because of her pregnancy or due to childbirth