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Published Date: May 01, 2016
Resource Type: Survey
Resource Topic: Worker Leave

The report provides new evidence on Rhode Island’s (RI) Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law, which took effect in January 2014, based on a survey of small and medium-sized businesses in the food services and manufacturing sectors in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts that the researchers carried out in December 2013 (just before the law came into effect) and in January/February 2015 (one year after the law came into effect). The researchers collected information about firm characteristics and productivity, employee life events and workflow, and employer provided benefits.

Published Date: November 01, 2015
Resource Topic: Worker Leave

The report provides quasi-experimental evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers’ leavetaking, as well as on the division of leave between mothers and fathers in dual-earner households. Using difference-in-difference and difference-in-difference-in-difference designs, researchers study California’s Paid Family Leave (CA-PFL) program, which is the first source of government-provided paid parental leave available to fathers in the United States.

Published Date: June 01, 2014

Family leave provides an employee with a period of time off work to care for a newborn or a sick child, spouse, or parent. The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires that employers provide 12 weeks of family leave to qualifying workers with a newborn or a sick child, spouse, or parent, but that leave is unpaid.

Published Date: September 01, 2012
Resource Type: Survey

The technical report of the 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) surveys, presenting findings, including comparisons between worksites covered and not covered by FMLA, between employees eligible and ineligible for FMLA, and over time.

Published Date: September 01, 2012
Resource Type: Survey

The executive summary of the Family and Medical Leave in 2012: Technical Report that summarizes the conduct of the 2012 surveys and major findings.

Published Date: September 01, 2012
Resource Type: Survey

Appendix to the Family and Medical Leave in 2012: Technical Report: 1. Introduction, 2. FMLA Coverage and Eligibility, 3. Worksites’ FMLA and other Leave Policies, 4. Employees’ Leave Taking Practices, 5. Conditions of Leave Before, During and After Taking Leave, 6. Employee’s Unmet Need for Leave, 7. Sub-population Analyses, 8. Employer Responses and Perceptions, and 9. Conclusion.

Published Date: September 01, 2012
Resource Type: Survey

The methodology report for the 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) surveys that details the methods used to conduct the surveys.

Published Date: September 01, 2012
Resource Type: Survey

Appendix to the Family and Medical Leave in 2012: Methodology Report: Appendix A. Employee Survey Materials, Appendix B. Worksite Survey Materials, Appendix C: Changes in the Questionnaire, Appendix D: Results from the 2012 FMLA Employee Survey Incentive Experiment, and Appendix E: NRFU Employee Survey.