title: Sick leave: taking time off for family.
abstract: Sick leave, traditionally, has been for employees alone--a dissatisfying arrangement when the sick person is a family member, not the professional. But one hospital rewrote its rule, extending sick leave to include time off if a spouse or dependent child is ill. The staff likes the hospital's acknowledgment that professionals have important family obligations. Administrators like the high rate at which it's retaining valued personnel.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D017407:Family Leave; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy