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Parental Bereavement Leave (The Farley-Kluger Initiative to Amend the FMLA)

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  • Feb 9th, 2011
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    Someone from Trenton, NJ writes:
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    I have worked with grieving parents for more than 25 years. Fathers need time to grieve just as much as mothers do, but sometimes, the focus is all on the mother. Let's change that!
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    Someone from Lansing, MI writes:
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    The loss of someone in ones' family and especially a child, is the most devastating loss a parent grieves. It is not "right" that our children should die before the parent.Please give men the same rights that you have given women. Men and women grieve differently, and many men would rather work than be off duty to have to be where the grieve is so harsh and the remembering is so in their face. jmb
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    Someone from Omaha, NE writes:
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    I work with families of children with cancer and have worked with grieving parents for many years. There is no event as devastating as the death of a child. To ask a parent to function effectively at work following the death of their child is unrealistic and insensitive.
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    Someone from Metairie, LA writes:
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    My son passed away in September of 2009. I have been with my firm for 27 years, and the compassion and concern that I experienced was such a comfort as our family grieved his loss. For almost one year after his death my employer I missed many days of work due to severe depression and was never "docked" pay. I am very fortunate for the way my firm handled my situation, but I am certain that with many grieving parents the situation is much different. I whole-heartedly support this amendment and support Mr. Farley's efforts in making this necessary change to the Family Leave Act of 1993.
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    Someone from New Baltimore, MI writes:
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    This should be with out a doubt an addition to this law.
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  • Feb 8th, 2011
    Someone from New Orleans, LA writes:
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    Please make this change, bereaved parents like myself need time without having to worry about losing our employment.
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