Blog 35

Blog 35

I, for one, was absolutely thrilled to see the new policies set forth by the EEOC. The new policies apply to those people termed as caregivers. They can be a caregiver to any family member. I believe these policies are very important to both men and women. Some may cite their importance because females are the caregivers. I will, however, disagree with this. I, as a male, was a caregiver to my elderly parents for fourteen years. Whenever I had to take off work to take them to a doctor’s appointment or take care of some other matter for them, I had to use vacation or sick time. This was unfortunate. This, again, is somewhere where flexible work schedules would be great. If someone had to miss work for something like this, it would be great if they could somehow make up the time. People in the situation I was in do not always have the sick time or vacation to cover all the time they might have to take off. This is where these new policies will help.
Another reason this is so important is because current statistics show that 46 percent of today’s workforce is female. Since women seem to be the ones that carry the burden of taking care of sick children, they need this coverage. Another reason this is so important is because I heard a news story on TV this past week that said that more than half the population will be over age 65 in not too many years.
The one thing that worries me about this is compliance by all the companies in the United States. I feel confident that there will be companies that will somehow manage to find a loophole so they do not have to adhere to these new policies. These are the companies that do not really care about their employees. (Word Count - 312)