Work-life balance is an essential tool in enhancing the employee’s welfare and health. An excellent operational balance is when workers can equally prioritize work and personal life demands without bias. The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act is a policy that intends to create work-life balance by securing employees 12 weeks of paid leave to care for their families when the need arises (The Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, 2017). This time is crucial in ensuring that these employees can attend to other personal responsibilities to achieve this balance.
Companies that disregard the FAMILY Act are denying them social justice and dignity, which breaches the labor laws. The impact of these breaches includes low job motivation and satisfaction, which affects the organizational processes.
Currently, the employed population faces job dissatisfaction and low motivation because most miss out on important events such as christenings or weddings. Only five states in the US currently implement a similar policy which indicates that more workers are subjected to rigid work schedules, resulting in work stressors such as burnout and limiting personal life engagement (The Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, 2017). Furthermore, when employees also miss out on important life events, they become withdrawn to the outside world, limiting collaboration in the workplace.
A proactive measure should be incorporated to ensure that FAMILY Act is adhered to as required to protect the employee’s welfare (The Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act, 2017). One strategy of ensuring justice is imposing sanctions such as revoking the operation license for organizations that defy the regulations. This strategy will ensure that compliance is guaranteed and so that employees can also participate in their life development projects to reduce dissatisfaction and low motivation. Furthermore, by observing the social work principles such as justice, dignity, and respect, employees’ rights are maintained, fulfilling the labor law’s aim.
Reference
The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (2017). [eBook] (pp. 1-4). CLASP. Web.