Family and Medical Leave
» Family and Medical Leave, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2004
If respondent HAS a policy regarding employees who request time off for a serious family illness, or the birth or adoption of a child.
2a. Which best describes your policy on such matters?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let the employee come back to work when he or she is ready | 49 | ||
| 2 | Give time off, but limit the amount of time | 49 | ||
| 3 | Let the employee work from home for awhile | 0 | ||
| 4 | Don’t give time off, but try to rearrange employee’s schedule | 2 | ||
| 5 | Do not give time off | 0 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 1 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 130 | |||
Notes: Forty-nine (49) percent of small employers identify letting the employee return when ready as the written policy they use (Q#2a).
