The Family Medical Leave Act $($FMLA$)$ of $1993$ provides job and discrimination protection for eligible employees to take leaves of absence from work for a variety of medical and caregiving situations. While this legislation is significant, the FMLA does not address pay; it only provides for the time off. Some states do require paid time leaves, and this has been a highly debated topic in the U$.$S$.$ for a number of years.

For this assignment, you will be researching any applicable paid leave of absence laws in the state you reside in$.$

Enter Discussion Board $2\mathrm{.}1,$ summarize your findings, and then provide your thoughts on whether or not you feel this practice should be adopted on a federal level $($give consideration to the potential negative consequences, such as from the employer's perspective$).$ Once you have posted, respond to a minimum of two of your peers' initial postings.