Discuss how to balance taking care of other family members with work. Understand the Family Medical Leave Act. This lesson is designed to help people understand how to balance their work responsibilities with other family obligations besides child care.
Many people take care of family members who are sick, elderly, or disabled.
While employers understand these issues, they are probably not going to be as flexible when dealing with these issues as they are with child-care issues. A family crisis that every working person deals with is a death in a family. Inform the students that most workplaces have a policy on time off for funerals of family members. The amount of time a person can take off is going to depend on the company. It is important for students to understand that just because a family member was extremely important to them, the employer may not see it that way and cannot grant extra time off other than to go to the funeral.