Sentences with phrase «of sick family members»

A new study found that owners of sick pets cope with many of the same burdens as caregivers of sick family members.

If you are concerned with a last minute cancellation due to the illness of a sick family member, you will focus on trip cancellation insurance, or «cancel for any reason» coverage.

Long stay travel insurance is ideal for anyone who's taking a prolonged vacation such as visiting relatives or temporarily relocating to take care of a sick family member.

Not exact matches

If you've gone through a divorce, suffered the sudden loss of a family member or had to take care of a sick parent or child, Welch says you'll want to disclose that without going into too many details.

The survey, released Tuesday, polled 500 small business owners from around the country and found that half of them are in favor of a policy that would allow employees to use earned sick time when they or an immediate family member falls ill or needs preventative medical care.

Ma developed an interest in environmentalism when a member of his wife's family became sick with an illness that Ma suspected was caused by pollution.

In February of this year, Facebook (fb) expanded its employee benefits to include 20 days of paid leave to grieve the loss of an immediate family member and up to six weeks of paid time to take care of sick relatives.

In an effort to recognize employees» changing family dynamics, the New York - based professional services firm announced this week that it is offering up to 16 weeks of paid leave for employees to care for a family member — regardless of whether it's for a new baby or sick relative.

Most of my recent prayers have centered around a family member who is very sick right now.

In discovering that the «sick» member of the family could be more clearly understood and sometimes better helped in the context of the purposive role played in the family, a system with much mutual inheritance, these pioneers went far afield from their origins, yet in just the direction that a Whiteheadian perspective would anticipate.

a friend had a family member become very sick, instead of recognizing that science saved her life he thanked god and ignored the fact that science saved her life.

Workers could use this time to care for themselves or a sick family member, obtain preventive care, or address the impacts of domestic violence.

My twins have only been EC'd for the last two months and 2 weeks ago, I started using disposables because I had 5 out of 8 family members sick and the laundry pile was winning!

There are dozens of reasons why this can happen, including outside stress, scheduled feeds, lack of support from family members (or even outright criticism), unaddressed pain, unrealistic expectations or lack of knowledge, a very fussy or sick baby, or a baby who seems unhappy at the breast.

The birth of a sick child can put stress on the relationship between you and your partner as well as your relationships with other family members.

You may not want to make your baby sick or any other member of the family sick using an unwashed nebulizer which has germs or bacteria on it.

«No worker should have to borrow against their own Social Security benefits, which are already too low, to get paid family leave when they need it to take care of a new baby, a sick family member, or themselves.

The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide paid sick leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of family members that employees can care for during such paid sick leave.

Dodd has also involved himself in children's and family issues, founding the first Senate Children's Caucus [13] and authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), [14] which requires larger employers to provide employees unpaid leave in the event of illness, a sick family member, or the birth or adoption of a family issues, founding the first Senate Children's Caucus [13] and authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), [14] which requires larger employers to provide employees unpaid leave in the event of illness, a sick family member, or the birth or adoption of a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), [14] which requires larger employers to provide employees unpaid leave in the event of illness, a sick family member, or the birth or adoption of a family member, or the birth or adoption of a child.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Democrats» bill uses the existing Temporary Disability Fund to give workers up to two thirds of their pay to care for a sick family member or bond with a new born.

He said he also likes the governor's revised paid family leave proposal, which would phase in a rate of 2/3 of a worker's pay for up to 12 weeks of time off to care for a newborn or sick family member.

The reasons for allowing an employee to take paid sick time include: employee's short term illness; time to deal with medical, legal or relocation issues related to domestic violence or child abuse; and to care for a family member when ill or in need of medical care.

Gillibrand told the crowd of several dozen that her legislation would provide financial security to people dealing with the birth of a child, or sick or dying family members.

A measure to allow all workers in the state 12 weeks of paid leave to take care of a new baby or sick family member was approved in the New York State Assembly, and two measures gained support in the New York State Senate, but the issue fell by the wayside in the end of session rush to pass bills and adjourn for the summer.

The budget would also implement a plan that would eventually offer up to 12 weeks of paid family leave off for workers to care for a baby or sick family member.

«He is taking advantage of every opportunity to criminally exploit the Ekiti people, many of whom are sick; others are dying while the governor and his family members are contractors executing inflated contracts.

As drafted last year, the bill would also allow employees to take sick time if they were a victim of domestic violence and to care for a family member.

It has 13 new members, many of whom galloped into office thanks to the support of the Working Families Party — one of the most vocal supporters of paid sick time.

The Governor has proposed 12 weeks paid family leave for all employees with at least four weeks on the job, all in the hopes of helping new parents and workers who need to care for sick family members.

• 97 percent of patients said they wanted their emergency contact to notify important family members if they were sick and could not do so.

So far, the virus has been known to spread between people mostly inside of hospitals and among family members in close contact with a sick person.

*, clinically ill researcher; **, family member of the researcher, who was also sick.

Sick leave may also be used for medical appointments for a family member, to attend to the illness of a family member, as defined below; or bereavement due to the death of a Postdoctoral Scholar's family member as defined in § E., below.

The University will grant a Postdoctoral Scholar's request to use up to five (5) days of sick leave or Personal Time Off due to the death of a family member as defined in § E. 2.

The main reason Ebola has spread like wildfire in Africa is because of poor hospital and funeral practices: «People are taking care of sick relatives without any protective equipment, or they're burying family members themselves, when they are still contagious,» Dr. Adalja explains.

I made this tonight as an immune booster as two of the five members of my family are sick and prefer to stay on the healthy team.

Until he chooses and carries out the killing, each member of his family will become sick and die.

New research by children's charity Barnardo's shows that 40 per cent of teachers were not confident they would be able to identify a pupil that is caring for a sick or disabled family member at home.

Aside from certain members of my family who share my sick sense of humor, Mrs. Berne was the first person to enjoy my stories, and she always encouraged me to write more.

Trip Cancellation & Interruption Protection — If you or a family member gets sick or the trip is cut short by weather or other situations out of your control, you can get up to $ 10,000 in refunds.

I was unaware of my rights, or what to expect, and became very frightened both for myself and my family member (who is aged and sick).

Over 71 million American households (62 %) have a pet, 2 and most people think of their pets as members of the family.3 Some research studies have found that people who have a pet have healthier hearts, stay home sick less often, make fewer visits to the doctor, get more exercise, and are less depressed.

When most of us think of hospitals, we envision sterile rooms, sick patients and maybe even worried family members.

«Over two thirds of pet owners treat their animals as family members....79 % allowing their pets to sleep in bed with them, 37 % carrying pictures, and 31 % taking off work to be with their sick pets.

«It turns out that the effects of caregiving for a sick pet — burden, stress, anxiety, depression, low quality of life — are in many ways similar to what we see in a person caring for a sick family member, for example, a parent with dementia,» Spitznagel said.

But although it can be tempting to feed your pet some tasty leftovers, many of the foods that are around at Christmas are really rich and fatty, and can make your furry family member pretty sick.

A member of the family had been sick with influenza - like illness approximately one week earlier.

White potatoes are members of the nightshade family of vegetables and can make pets very sick.

As our pets have become increasingly important members of our families, they require the very best specialist care if they become sick or suffer from a chronic condition.

The porters were amazing (in the good times and when one of our family members got sick).