Maternity Pays: Should Workers Stay The Same?

As a person I personally do not mind paying more taxes as long as it actually went to people who are in need of assistance. I understand that there are people in our society struggling and I believe they should have access to programs that could help the better themselves. The system in which people are picked for the program is flawed because it can easily be tricked which is how people who do not need the assistance can get in the programs.

Miller opens the discussion on the campaign issue of paid leave by comparing the views of both parties and how they are looking into policies that will address challenges for working families, lifting middle class standards, and appeal to female workers. Democratic candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, have proposed paid leave and their approach requires the government to operate a paid leave program while Marco Rubio, a republican candidate, advocates giving tax incentives so businesses would offer it. Rubio's plan provides a 25% tax credit to employers. Miller argues that Rubio's plan won't work because similar government sponsored programs have exhibited little change and it is unlikely to encourage employers who don't offer paid

Among the many labor issues in America today, one of the most prominent being discussed is that of shorter shifts. Traditionally, eight-hour shifts were used to create a time frame for work; this seemed to cause better productivity and happier workers.

Further support comes from a prospective cohort study conducted by Dagher et al. (2016) which specifically examined the impact of paid maternity leave on the length of breastfeeding. The study population included 817 Minnesota women who gave birth in 2001. The data did not find an association between paid maternity leave and the length of breastfeeding duration, whereas the length of EOML increased the breastfeeding duration. The authors conducted a sub-study to compare employee's self-report information with their employer's written family and medical leave policy. This sub-study included a random subsample of employees (n=118) and their employers (n=90). Results showed that only 29% to 35% of women were aware of their leave benefits and eligibility.

A six hour shift would allow employees to intensely focus on their work and be able to have the endurance to complete the work. Instead of taking more breaks in between the long eight hour shift, workers will began to manage their time more effectively to be able to productively finish the work in fewer hours.

A standard work day in the United States is eight hours and should remain that way. Although there may be some benefits to shorter work days, the negative outcomes outweigh any good. Yes, a six-hour work day would better fit the time brains are fully functioning, but it also means people are making less money. In most households, losing two hours worth of pay everyday makes a big difference which could lead to people having more than one job, stressing them out more and causing them to spend less time at home with family or resting. Not only would it impact workers, but also their family and the company they work for. The second author stated that for most businesses, hiring more people to work the uncovered shifts would cost more than

Since majority of nurses prefer 12-hour shifts it is very unlikely that they will return to 8-hour shifts. Excessive over time still remains an issue, so therefore there are strategies that are being made to protect both nurses and patients safety. These strategies include making sure that nurses working 12-hour shifts, get mandatory breaks and leave work on time and that napping is available for night shift workers.

Working 8 hour shifts should be kept as the norm. The economic cost of six-hour work days is prohibitive. Either workers or employers will be forced to end up paying for it. If it's the workers, then they'll lose two hours of wages each day, and that's about a quarter of their pay. Even though productivity increased with six-hour workdays, so did sickness.

In conclusion, I believe that a six-hour workday would be more effective for workers and employees, but most importantly the company itself. Heres why, it will help improve the workplace, help workers become more focused in their work, and also help the workers gain more energy and motivation to start and finish an objective. So rather then the following, I believe that the six-hour workday should be something in consiteration for future and all present

For a long time, there has been a lot of controversy on a woman's maternity leave. The conflict has been whether the woman’s time should be shorter or longer. Maternity leave is the period of time when a woman takes time off work after having given birth to he child. Currently, the average time frame for each woman to get off is 12 weeks. There are two sides to the debate about maternity leave, the people that say women need more time off and people that say they need less time. The people against maternity leave will say that the time women get off is already enough, but they need more time to heal and bond with their children without the added stress of work.

A six hour work day should not become the standard work day in the United States. Paste generations of people were forced to work 11 to 12 hours per day like the first article says. This proves that as human beings we are well capable of perfoming tasks for much longer periods of time than six hours.

My position on the issue of hours worked per day is it should become standard in the United states. An 8 hour work day is usually more dreadful. As is a 6 hour day is more leanient. A shorter work day will be less stressful and will make it more easy to stay on task.

Realign work schedules and ensure that employees do not work more than 40-hours per week. This solution may require hiring of additional staff to meet deadlines and work requirements.

Most people cannot even think straight at early hours in the morning. The first article relates to a corporation's study of productivity by tracking their employees' workrate. The test showed the wrokers took a seventeen minute break for every fifty-two minutes they worked. The results were that, "they had the highest productivity in the company." The author of the second article disagrees with this principle. They state that, "If workers continue to receive the same pay, then employees have to come up with the money to hire the additional staff needed to cover now-empty shifts." This is true , but I believe this is the very reason for the high unemployment rate in America. If we limit the number of workhours in a day, we would open more opportunities for unemployed Americans to get

For the children and adults working in factories, everyone could benefit from shorter work hours. Giving shorter work hours allows for children to have a long about of time in school being taught. For the coal workers, give occasional breaks, make the environment safer and possibly find other sources of energy in not so dangerous areas. In rural areas, to make up for the job decrease, create more jobs and provide more living spaces so not everyone is living in the