Friday, February 18, 2005

Good news, bad news on the FMLA front. According to the Birmingham (AL) News, the Labor Department isn't considering major changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act. Why am I unconvinced? On Tuesday, this story appeared in the Wall Street Journal, asking in the very first line, "Has the Family and Medical Leave Act given employees too much freedom to take time off?," and then going on to say businesses have dubbed the law the "'Slacker's Protection Act' and 'the Far More Leave than anyone intended Act.'" The article isn't entirely unbalanced, but it is slanted to the business side and clearly suggests that the business interests are geared up to slap FMLA down when they get a chance.

Rebel Dad Radio and the new Sex Talk Podcast will both appear on Monday (it being a holiday weekend and all). RDR will probably run short; I spent a lot of time preparing to launch STP, and so my RDR content may be lacking this week.

Oh, and by the way ... daddychip is one of the most interesting new voices in the SAHD blogosphere. Check out his latest ...

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