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- Title
Precarious Work: The Need for Flextime Employment Rights and Proposals for Reform.
- Authors
Bird, Robert C.
- Abstract
Millions of Americans are under intense pressure to balance work and family responsibilities. The feeling of overwork is rampant, with nearly half of employees feeling overworked or overwhelmed by their workplace responsibilities. This Article argues for a suite of legal protections that would allow working families, especially single-parent and low-income families, basic access to the rights and protections of flexible work. These protections include amending FLSA rides to better protect non-exempt workers from intrusions into their non-working time, as well as expanding the use of the FMLA to encourage more use of flexible leave. This article also recommends adoption of right-to-request legislation, enabling employees to request a flexible schedule and have that request meaningfully evaluated by their employer without fear of retaliation.
- Subjects
EMPLOYEE psychology; EMPLOYMENT; POOR people; FAMILY &; Medical Leave Act of 1993 (U.S.); EMPLOYERS; EMPLOYEE retention
- Publication
Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law, 2016, Vol 37, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1067-7666
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15779/Z38KZ8T