Paid Family Leave Bill Faces An Uphill Fight In Colorado
4 years, 10 months ago

Paid Family Leave Bill Faces An Uphill Fight In Colorado

NPR  

Paid Family Leave Bill Faces An Uphill Fight In Colorado Enlarge this image toggle caption Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/Denver Post via Getty Images Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/Denver Post via Getty Images When Brittany Pettersen, a Colorado state senator, gave birth to a boy in January, she became only the second lawmaker in the state to have a baby during a legislative season. Sponsor Message Still, even after a bipartisan task force came to broad consensus this year for a mandatory paid family leave benefit run by the state and funded through payroll taxes, Coloradans may have to settle for something far less ambitious if anything passes at all. "That's also when all the details really started to matter," says Kathy White, deputy director of the Colorado Fiscal Institute, a nonprofit research and policy advocacy organization, which backed a paid leave benefit. "Colorado families overwhelmingly want and expect the legislature to move forward with a plan to provide family and medical leave this year," says Lynea Hansen, a spokesperson for Colorado Families First, a nonprofit that has been lobbying in favor of a paid leave bill.

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More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother’s Day - but most still don’t
7 months, 4 weeks ago

More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother’s Day - but most still don’t

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts to expand paid parental and family leave gain traction. Pennsylvania’s House and Senate are considering …

Minnesota governor signs paid family and medical leave act to give workers up to 20 weeks off
1 year, 7 months ago

Minnesota governor signs paid family and medical leave act to give workers up to 20 weeks off

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota workers will be entitled to paid time off when they’re seriously ill or to care for newborns and loved ones starting in 2026 under a bill that Democratic Gov. Paid family and medical leave will dovetail with the state’s new earned sick and safe time program that takes effect on Jan. 1 to provide shorter-term …

Paid family and medical leave in play at Minnesota Capitol
1 year, 9 months ago

Paid family and medical leave in play at Minnesota Capitol

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Supporters of creating a paid family and medical leave system in Minnesota rallied at the state Capitol on Tuesday and lobbied their lawmakers to try to push the plan over the finish line. “You know that anywhere else in the developed world, paid family and medical leave is the norm,” Democratic Gov Tim Walz told a …

Maryland paid family leave program bill passed to governor
2 years, 9 months ago

Maryland paid family leave program bill passed to governor

Associated Press  

— Maryland lawmakers passed a measure on Thursday to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. The bill, approved by supermajority votes by Democrats who control the legislature, would enable workers to take up to 12 weeks of partially paid leave for specified personal family circumstances such as caring for a sick relative or having a …

Paid leave bill clears Delaware Senate in party-line vote
2 years, 10 months ago

Paid leave bill clears Delaware Senate in party-line vote

Associated Press  

— The Democrat-led state Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to approve legislation forcing private-sector businesses in Delaware to provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. The bill requires businesses employing 25 or more workers to provide up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave per year, and a combined total of up to six weeks of paid …

Democratic women in Virginia frustrated by paid leave flop
3 years, 2 months ago

Democratic women in Virginia frustrated by paid leave flop

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Democrats’ decision to drop a proposal for paid family leave from their massive social safety net and climate change package was met with disappointment and irritation by female voters in Virginia, a critical constituency in the tight and closely watched governor’s race. “I’m hopeful that something’s going to get done,” McAuliffe said when asked directly about the …

Paid leave loss hits hard for Dems after decades of advocacy
3 years, 2 months ago

Paid leave loss hits hard for Dems after decades of advocacy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, who was elected in 1992 as a self described “mom in tennis shoes,” has been fighting for paid family and medical leave for decades. DeLauro calls the proposal’s elimination a “tragedy” but says it is still a victory that they got so close, and that many companies and states now have paid leave …

Kamala Harris Announces Ambitious 6-Month Paid Family Leave Plan
5 years, 3 months ago

Kamala Harris Announces Ambitious 6-Month Paid Family Leave Plan

Huff Post  

Sen. Kamala Harris announced a plan on Monday that would guarantee workers up to six months of paid family and medical leave, the most generous such policy proposal in the Democratic presidential field. Still, by calling attention to the issue, Harris could help bring paid leave to prominence on the 2020 agenda, from which it’s been largely absent. “Guaranteeing six …

2 Million Federal Workers Don't Get Paid Family Leave. That Might Change.
5 years, 3 months ago

2 Million Federal Workers Don't Get Paid Family Leave. That Might Change.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Nicole Morio works for the Social Security Administration, helping Americans navigate their way to a financially secure retirement. “The fact that this was even brought up for a vote and four Republicans felt it was untenable to vote against paid leave really shows the environment on this is shifting.” President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka have …

How Congress could finally get it right on paid leave (Opinion)
5 years, 8 months ago

How Congress could finally get it right on paid leave (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Vicki Shabo is a senior fellow for paid leave policy and strategy at New America, a think tank in Washington, DC. CNN — On Wednesday, the House Ways & Means committee holds its first-ever hearing on paid family and medical leave, a topic that will touch every working person and family in the United States. Whether the paid …

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