Title
The Serious Health Condition and Employee Wellness Dilemma
Format
Capstone Project (not presenting on Research Day)
Faculty Mentor Name
Dari Sylvester Tran, Ph.D. (she/her they/them)
Faculty Mentor Department
Political Science
Abstract/Artist Statement
This will be a policy evaluation of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 and will pinpoint the specific “serious health” eligibility requirement and how the act fails to recognize the importance of overall employee wellness. This evaluation will examine the short-comings of the FMLA through the following criteria: Political Feasibility, Employer Cost, and Employee Morale. With my experience in Human Resources and seeing the severe effects of the pandemic on the workforce, my policy evaluation is a call to action on reshaping how we look at and understand the importance of mild health conditions, the wellbeing of the employee’s work-life balance, and the long-term consequences the employer faces when any health issue which falls short of “serious” is disregarded. There will be an analysis of the Family Medical Leave Act’s journey to enactment, the importance of one’s mental and physical health, human capital cost to employers, and a proposed amendment to the act. In addition, there are timelines, a definition key, informational sheets, the HR 3999 proposal to help clarify the act’s lengthy history, and finally, my policy evaluation.
Location
Not presenting
The Serious Health Condition and Employee Wellness Dilemma
Not presenting
This will be a policy evaluation of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 and will pinpoint the specific “serious health” eligibility requirement and how the act fails to recognize the importance of overall employee wellness. This evaluation will examine the short-comings of the FMLA through the following criteria: Political Feasibility, Employer Cost, and Employee Morale. With my experience in Human Resources and seeing the severe effects of the pandemic on the workforce, my policy evaluation is a call to action on reshaping how we look at and understand the importance of mild health conditions, the wellbeing of the employee’s work-life balance, and the long-term consequences the employer faces when any health issue which falls short of “serious” is disregarded. There will be an analysis of the Family Medical Leave Act’s journey to enactment, the importance of one’s mental and physical health, human capital cost to employers, and a proposed amendment to the act. In addition, there are timelines, a definition key, informational sheets, the HR 3999 proposal to help clarify the act’s lengthy history, and finally, my policy evaluation.
