allotted to them. Under law, women are protected from sex discrimination in the workplace but a large stigma against women still exists in terms of them being equally skilled as their male co-workers, and ultimately testing the federal protection of rights in a work environment. Like any other federal regulation, it is strictly prohibited for an employer to discriminate towards an employee (especially if the employee is using their FMLA rights), and to strain from providing accurate information for all employees to access. Signing ceremony Vicki Yandle, a receptionist who was fired after asking for a few weeks of time off to care for a daughter with cancer, was on stage with President Clinton when the law was signed. See also United States labor law Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur (1974) Jones v. Racetrac Petroleum Inc. (2011) Notes External links Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (PDF/details) as amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 29 U.S. Code Chapter 28 Department of Labor Family & Medical Leave information pages Senate roll call vote House roll call vote Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs Your Rights Under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – A made-for-TV film about the act in which President Clinton appears briefly as himself. https://web.archive.org/web/20090703173531/http://paidsickdays.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ourwork_fmla_FamilyandMedicalLeave http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/DocServer/WF_PL_FactSheet_PaidFamilyLeave_2009.pdf?docID=4682&autologin=true 1993 in American law 103rd United States Congress Acts of the 103rd United States Congress Clinton administration initiatives Family law in the United States History of labor relations in the United States Leave of absence United States federal labor legislation 1993 in labor relations Industrial and organizational psychology