Ingabe umthetho we-Federal or State ufuna abaqashi ukuba banikeze izinzuzo zokukhokhelwa ezigulayo ezikhokhelwayo?
E-US okwamanje ayikho imithetho yenhlangano efuna abaqashi ukuba banikeze izinzuzo zekhefu ezigulayo kubasebenzi. Ngo-2005, uSen. Edward Kennedy wethula uMthetho WezeMpilo, ngokusebenzisa iSenate Bill S.932. Umthethosivivinywa (kanye nezikweletu eziningana ezifanayo) awuhambanga phambili futhi ususwe ezincwadini eminyakeni emibili kamuva.
Kukhona futhi (okwamanje) akukho imithetho yombuso efuna abaqashi ukuba banikeze izinzuzo zekhefu ezigulayo zendabuko kunoma yimuphi umsebenzi.
Emadolobheni amabili ase-US (eSan Francisco, CA naseWashington, DC) kunemithetho efuna abaqashi abathile ukuba banikele ngekhefu eligulayo elikhokhelwayo. Ephendula lo mthetho, abanye abaqashi eSan Francisco baye banquma izinzuzo zeholidini ukuze bachithe izindleko ezikhulayo ezihambisana nekhefu eligulayo elikhokhelwayo elikhokhelwa labo abasebenza ngokugcwele kanye nabasebenzi besikhathi esithile.
Ngo-Novemba 2008, i-Milwaukee, i-WI, abavoti badlulisela ukufaka isicelo sokufuna abaqashi nabasebenzi abayishumi noma ngaphezulu ukuba banikele ezinsukwini ezingu-9 bakhokhele ikhefu eligulayo ngonyaka. Abaqashi abanabasebenzi abangaphansi kweshumi kuphela kuzodingeka banikele ngezinsuku eziyisihlanu ezikhokhelwayo ezigulayo ngonyaka.
Lezi zinsuku ezigulayo zizothola ngesilinganiso sehora elilodwa elikhokhelwa ikhefu eligulayo amahora angama-30 asetshenziwe, futhi abasebenzi kumele basebenze okungenani izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba bakwazi ukuthola ikhefu eligulayo elikhokhelwayo. (I-Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce icabangela ukuphikisa isinqumo, esingase siyibalekele ukusebenza.)
Ngokuvamile, abaqashi abahlinzeka ngokukhokha okugulayo baphatha izindleko zabo ngokulawula ikhefu lokugula.
Bangase:
- Kudinga abasebenzi ukuba baqashwe isikhathi esithile ngaphambi kokuba bafanele ukuthola ikhefu lokugula;
- Faka ikhefu lokugula ngesilinganiso esithile ngenyanga noma ngenani lamahora asetshenziswe;
- Nciphisa amahora angama-total angakwazi ukungena ngonyaka;
- Nciphisa inkokhelo yeholide noma ezinye izinzuzo zokuqeda izindleko zekhefu lokugula; noma
- Unganikeli ikhefu eligulayo elikhokhelwayo nhlobo.
Nakuba umthetho wase-US Federal ungafuni abaqashi ukuba banikeze ikhefu lokugula, abaqashi abaningi bangase babe ngaphansi kokunikeza izinzuzo zekhefu ngaphansi komthetho we-Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Lo Mthetho awudingi abaqashi ukuba banikeze inkokhelo yendabuko yekhefu lokugula, kodwa kungadinga abaqashi ukuba banikeze amasonto angu-12 eholide ngenxa yokugula, ukwelashwa kokugula, noma ukunakekela amalungu omndeni.
Ingabe Abaqashi Bangayishintsha Izinqubomgomo Zaso Zokususwa Kwezifo?
Yebo. Umthetho wase-Federal uvumela ukuthi abaqashi abakhiphayo bakhokhele ikhefu eligulayo ukuze bashintshe izinqubomgomo zabo, okungabandakanya noma ukunciphisa izinzuzo, ukushintsha izidingo ukuze bathole izinzuzo, noma ukuqeda ikhefu eligulayo elikhokhelwayo ndawonye.
Kodwa-ke, izinguquko ezinkambisweni zekhefu ezigulayo zihambisana nemithetho yokulwa nokubandlulula. Isibonelo, umqashi akakwazanga ukugcina izinzuzo zeqembu elithile labasebenzi ngenkathi ekwehliseni noma ekuqedeni abanye abasebenzi. Izinzuzo kumele zabiwe ngokulinganayo yibo bonke abasebenzi.