Many people have felt deprieved of their rights when it comes to Medical Leave from work. A woman got pregnent and had leave on Maternity leave. When she told her boss, the boss was very understanding and knew that it was the law that she was allowed to leave. The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees the American worker 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to care for a family member or for your own medical condition without fear of losing your job. This woman worked for a this company for five years, there were more than 1,250 hours put into work and the comany had more than 50 people employed. This law applies to the woman in every way possible. When she went on her maternity leave, which her boss gave her without question, she thought she was completely secure. However, when she was all healed and ready to go back to work, her boss had reassigned her to a new job. This would be legal, however, she was reassigned to a job that recieved two dollars of lower pay per hour. This violates the law. When she asked her boss about why she had been reassigned, her boss told her that she had to deal with it because she was gone for so long. She took the situation to court and ended up winning.
This video is another situation that has happened that violates the FMLA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyHO0-1mmCk
Due to situations like this, a group of researchers organized information to conclude how much of neglect there is with the FMLA. They found there have been many cases that violated low wage for Americans. They gathered information based on 4,387 low-wage workers in the cities of, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. Of these low-wage workers, 26 percent reported that their employers paid them less than their legally-mandated minimum wage. 60 percent of those same workers reported that the employers have underpaid them by over $1.00. This is a very low income that people are recieving. Many of these people didn't know their rights and did not realize what could have been done about this. Thanks to this group of researchers, many situations have been opened up and turned into a case and taken to court.
I think it is very wrong and unfair that these employers are taking advantage of their employees. Everyone needs to have an income in this world. The world works based on money. These employers have no right to take the money that these poor, minimum paid, hard working people employees are earning.
By Meaghan Eisen
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