This week, the Biden White House is set to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act — but the U.S. is only incrementally closer to a nationwide paid leave policy.
to paid family leave — with higher-paid workers more likely to have coverage.
The lack of paid leave is particularly painful for low-income workers — only 12% get the benefit. They often can't afford to take time off.after giving birth — posing a health risk for both infants and parents.What happened: When Bush took the White House in 2000, the policy momentum behind paid leave moved to the states, with California the first to pass a policy that year.for workers, funded through payroll deductions paid for by employers or employees, or both.
A handful of states appear poised to pass policies over the next year or so, including Minnesota, Maine, New Mexico and Vermont.With omnipresent recession fears and a political fight over the debt ceiling looming, the idea that Congress will pass a momentous bill expanding the social safety net seems like a stretch.to pass.
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