1. Small Necessities Laws.Based on your research, describe Small Necessities laws.
2. Self-Reflection.The first paragraph of "The Small Necessities Needs Act" PDF provides the following scenario: You're working as a full-time employee. You have a child in elementary school and the school is holding parent-teacher conferences but only during the daytime hours that you are working. You request time off, but your employer tells you that there is no way that you can have a few hours off to participate in such a meeting. Another school year goes by and you are not able to tend to your child's educational needs.
   1. What is your personal response to the above?
3. Personal Experience. Reflect on your personal experience (or that of a friend, family member, or co-worker) that was similar to the above scenario relating to a child's school activities, a son or daughter needing accompanied to a routine medical or dental appointment, or the care for an elderly relative requiring medical or dental appointments or professional services.
   1. Briefly describe the scenario and identify what workplace options were available at the time. Maintain privacy for yourself and others.
   2. How might things have been different if a Small Necessities law was available in the situation?
4. State Law. Look up your state's law in the "State Family and Medical Leave Laws" located in the appendix of the textbook to see if your state may have an existing Small Necessities law on the books. Also check your state's government website to see, if by chance, a law may have been enacted since the initial publication of the textbook. Next, answer the following questions: Does a Small Necessities law exist for your state?
   1. If so, what are its requirements? (Be sure to provide a website link to the detailed law information.)
   2. If not, why do you think that is so? And should there be a law in existence? Why or why not?
5. Existence or Non Existence of a State Requirement.
   1. If a Small Necessities law is in existence for the state in which your current organization (or one with which you are familiar) operates,
      1. How has this law been communicated to the employees?
      2. Include the company's actual policy for this employment law, if accessible.
      3. If the policy is not accessible, draft a policy for inclusion in your employee handbook for dealing with such leave.
   2. If a Small Necessities law does not exist for the state in which your current organization (or one with which you are familiar) operates,
      1. Tell how the company deals with similar kinds of leave.
      2. Include a specific policy, if one exists and it is accessible.
      3. If no policy exists (or it is inaccessible), draft a policy for inclusion in your company's employee handbook for dealing with such leave.