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Would more men be open to going to therapy if they had resources tailored specifically for them, and if the office had Emotional Support Animals for appointment use?

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is no legal right to paid or unpaid time off for medical appointments in the USA and that is completely disgusting in 2023

Does FMLA not cover this? I had a coworker that was able to use that to call off basically whenever they wanted because their doctor put in for it due to stress.

[–] quixotic120@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That’s for long term medical leave, like if you need to go to rehab. I mean for being able to go to like a single hour long doctors appointment. There is no protection for that whatsoever. If you need to go to a doctors appointment during work hours your boss has every right to tell you to go fuck yourself; you are not entitled to time off for a doctors visit even if it’s unpaid

[–] ken_cleanairsystems@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FMLA is unpaid leave. This is a major oversimplification, but it's so an employee can take an extended leave from work and return to their job afterwards. And even though it's unpaid, there are still a lot of limitations on it.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe the company I work for is going above and beyond then and just calling it that because there's definitely a paid version of FMLA I've seen people use. Even for shorter periods and intermittent health problems.

Maybe the company I work for is going above and beyond then and just calling it that

That's what it sounds like to me. Well, actually, it just sort of sounds like your company is calling normal paid sick leave "FMLA". It's nice to have, regardless of what it's called, and very sad that it's not a given everywhere.