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Jugglers Workshop | All About Time

Juggling Workshop
Working Moms' Q & A

The daily tug-of-war between your career and your kids can leave you torn between the two worlds. Where do you turn? The Juggling Workshop! Ask questions and share suggestions about juggling work and family.

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This week's question:

I am a single mom. My child was sick. I was told that I could not stay out of work because of a sick child. This happen months ago, I was written up yesterday for it. Is this possible where can I find this rule about staying out with a sick child.

-- Crystal

Carol,

The Family and Medical Leave Act allows you to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to care for a sick relative. However, this applies only to companies with at least 50 or more employees. Please note, I said UNPAID LEAVE. If you were asking for time off with pay and you have already used up your sick leave/vacation time, etc., then your employer is within his/her rights to tell you you can't have paid time off. For a summary of what the rules are, you can go to www.west.net/~bpbooks/ and click on the FMLA icon.

Hope this helps.

Working together we can make a difference.
-- Cathy Feldman

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