I wanted to make you aware of petition I recently started with the help of a fellow grieving dad. The petition is called “The Farley-Kluger Amendment to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)”. I started this petition to bring attention to the current FMLA and the fact that it doesn’t extend benefits to employees that have experienced the death of a child.
It is my opinion that the death of a child is one of the worst experiences that anyone can endure. Many employers allow for bereavement leave up to 2-3 days. Employees are expected to use their available vacation time after the 2-3 days of bereavement leave have been expended. If the employee exhausts both of these benefits and still requires additional time off, the employer has grounds to terminate the employee.
I find it unacceptable that the death of a child is not included as a protected reason to qualify for 12 weeks of unpaid leave as part of the FMLA. If you agree with me, I ask you to do two things: 1) Click on the link below (or paste into your browser) and sign the e-petition and 2) Share this link with people you know.
http://www.petition2congress.com/3937/modify-family-medical-leave-act-1993/
Let’s see if we can get someone’s attention regarding this issue.
Peace.
Kelly Farley (A Bereaved Father)
Founder of The Grieving Dads Project
(630) 561-5989
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