Additional Links

Sick Leave

Everyday Law for Everyday People

http://www.Nolo.com

International Public Management Association for Human Resources

http://www.ipma-hr.org/index.cfm?id=3111&navid=222&tcode=nws3

The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

http://hrcenter.bna.com/pic2/hr2pic.nsf/id/BNAP-5KANMY?OpenDocument

About.com

http://humanresources.about.com/library/weekly/uc061701b.htm

FMLA

State Action.org

www.cfpa.org/issues/workfamily/famleave/index.cfm

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

http://www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy/rights/rightsatwork/fam.cfm

Office of Personal Management

http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/HTML/fmlafac2.asp

U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/benefits-leave/fmla.htm

Everyday Law for Everyday People

http://www.nolo.com/lawstore/update/detail.cfm/ObjectID/59FE39E7-586D-4FF4-8D276D54A9405A4D

http://www.calaborfed.org/resources/index.html

• very detailed info. on FMLA

http://www.cfpa.org/issues/workfamily/famleave/index.cfm

• issues from the FMLA

Break Time

Rest, Meal Breaks, Days Off From Work, and Maximum Hours

www.ewin.com/articles/restper.htm

U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/breaks.htm

Vacations

• http://stats.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0001.pdf
  • check out paragraph on paid vacations average amount of paid days.

    International View

    Learning From Our Overseas Counterparts. Falcone, Paul. HR Magazine v49 no2 pp 113-114, 116 Feb 2004
    While U.S. companies complain about certain conditions in their workplaces, many other countries' businesses can provide clues because of their liberal employee policies. European Union countries start with four weeks of vacation, but some countries, such as France, go beyond that to five weeks of vacation per year, up to 26 weeks of maternity leave and up to three years of unpaid parental leave. Other countries offer substantial severance packages and high levels of job protection. In Japan, females are allowed a monthly paid menstruation leave, and in many Latin American countries there are 13 months of annual salary to ensure employees can buy holiday presents for their families. All of these employee benefits make it necessary for employers to remain flexible in their job assignments, perhaps offering incentives for workers to return from leave early or rotating jobs among several workers. [0142843]

    • http://www.ifebp.org/knowledge/ichotint.asp

Statistics

• http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.t03.htm
  • has stats on almost each section detailed by characteristic.

Paid Time Off Requirements

• http://www.precisepay.com/Form%20Files/Resource%20Center/California%27s%20View%20of%20Benefits.htm
  • has basic details on what is req. and why

• http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/benefits-leave/index.htm
  • general over view of each section requirements by the labor bureau

• http://www.mtsu.edu/~rlhannah/employee_benefits.html
• provides links to all sources

Consolidated Paid Time Off or Paid Time Off Banks

http://www.ppspublishers.com/articles/flexibility.htm

http://www.acaonline.org/research/generic/html/pto_0702.html

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1998/07/06/focus6.html