{"id":59864,"date":"2015-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-conducting-study-of-states-temporary-caregiver-insurance-program\/"},"modified":"2015-02-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T00:00:00","slug":"uri-conducting-study-of-states-temporary-caregiver-insurance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/uri-conducting-study-of-states-temporary-caregiver-insurance-program\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 conducting study of state\u2019s Temporary Caregiver Insurance program"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSurveying to gauge awareness, effectiveness<\/b> <\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 26, 2015 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 launched a survey recently to begin to measure Rhode Islanders\u2019 awareness of the one-year-old Temporary Caregiver Insurance program and the impact it has had on employees.<\/p>\n


\n\tRhode Island officials celebrated the one-year anniversary of the program at the Statehouse on Thursday, Feb. 5.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe research is being funded by a $161,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Labor of Training. Rhode Island\u2019s labor office hired 溏心vlog免费B站 as a subcontractor to do the research. The survey process will be completed in a month.<\/p>\n


\nThe program provides up to four weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who need to take time off to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law or grandparent or to bond with a newborn, adopted child or foster child. Unique to the program is the provision of job protection, so that employees can take leave without fear of losing their jobs. The program is entirely funded by employee payroll deductions. 溏心vlog免费B站 4,000 Rhode Islanders have benefited from the program in the last year.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe Department of Labor and Training hired us to assess how the program is going, what types of employees are taking advantage of the program, and how employees\u2019 believe the program has impacted their lives,\u201d said Barb Silver, assistant research professor at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Schmidt Labor Research Center.<\/p>\n


\n\tSilver, Helen Mederer, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of sociology, who holds a dual appointment at the Labor Research Center, and Emilija Djurdjevic, assistant professor of business, are directing the project. Silver and Mederer co-chair the 溏心vlog免费B站 Work-Life Committee.<\/p>\n


\nSilver said the research will be based on a phone survey of up to 500 employees in Rhode Island, half of whom have used the program and half of whom have not. Only those who pay into the state\u2019s temporary disability insurance program may receive temporary caregiver benefits.<\/p>\n


\nThe three 溏心vlog免费B站 professors will gather and analyze the research, and they will abide by all federal, state and 溏心vlog免费B站 regulations applying to such research projects. All participants will remain anonymous. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cRhode Island is one of only three states to have this program, and so our experience will be watched by states across the nation considering similar legislation,\u201d said Mederer.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis type of paid leave has been shown to have myriad benefits \u2013for businesses, because when employees thrive, businesses thrive, as well as do individuals, families, and the nation\u2019s health care system, because it promotes wellness,\u201d Silver said. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cSuch programs can promote women\u2019s ability to initiate and continue breastfeeding, and they can help men become more involved in family care,\u201d Mederer said.<\/p>\n


\nSilver said such benefits are often more available to higher income earners, with middle and lower income individuals having access less often. So not only may these families suffer disproportionately, but their performance at work may be affected, including even job loss. Mederer added that those who receive better family care often stay out of the health care system or have shorter stays in the system.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cOur research will also look at outcomes important to businesses such as increased job satisfaction and less absenteeism,\u201d Silver said. \u201cThe only three countries that do not have national paid family leave programs are the U.S., Papua New Guinea and Swaziland. But Rhode Island can be proud of being a leader in a burgeoning national movement to provide paid leave to its people.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surveying to gauge awareness, effectiveness KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 26, 2015 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 launched a survey recently to begin to measure Rhode Islanders\u2019 awareness of the one-year-old Temporary Caregiver Insurance program and the impact it has had on employees. Rhode Island officials celebrated the one-year anniversary of the program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}