Family and Medical Leave
» Family and Medical Leave, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2004
If respondent HAS a policy regarding employees who request short periods of time off for personal matters such as doctor’s appointments or parent-teacher conferences.
5. Is the policy written and available to employees upon request?
| Response | Small employers with short-term leave policy | All small, employing businesses/Small employers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | 81 | 13 | |
| 2 | No | 19 | 87 | |
| 3 | DK/Refuse | 0 | 1 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 101 | ||
| N | 159 | 750 | ||
Notes: Eighty-one (81) percent of small employers with a policy governing short periods of time off for personal business say that the policy is written and available to employees upon request (Q#5). Thirteen (13) percent of small employers have a leave policy that is written and available to employees upon request (Q#5).
