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Article: Family and Medical Leave: Two Views
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 12, 1987
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The Post's "instinct" {"Babies," editorial, June 4} is to
support legislation calling for mandated family leave, admittedly
with "some uneasiness," since the costs to business are unknown. The
bill is one of several mandated benefit proposals-with unknown
costs-on a fast track in Congress. While intended to help workers,
these bills are no gift-the unavoidable price will be lost jobs,
lowered productivity and reductions in existing benefit packages.
There is no doubt that 18 weeks of leave for the birth, adoption
or serious illness of a child, as mandated in the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1987, would be an excellent benefit. But what if a
company is forced to cut back on other ...