I Fought For Paid Parental Leave In My Town. Then Came The Child Care Costs.

Ask any American with young children what their No. “When they showed me the policies, I said, ‘Well, I think that we can increase these standards.’ So the really big push that I made was to say that we would have six weeks of paid FMLA for all full-time employees of the town government.” “I had done a lot of research with the local nonprofits and if we’re going to be competitive, if we’re going to be a workforce that people want to stay at, how can we implement? I learned my baby’s cues more than you did.’” Dunn said she was grateful to see men who work for her town “paving the way” by taking six weeks of paid leave when their children were born after the leave policies were changed. And we have 70 infant spots in licensed childcare centers.” When Dunn brought up these numbers in a a community meeting, “the older males were like, ‘Where do these babies go?’ and I was like, ‘Well, this is why your colleagues don’t come back to work.’ “We have had two centers close in December in our county alone, because they couldn’t afford to stay open anymore. I looked at the director and I said, ‘Do you need any help?’ And before I could like finish talking, she started furiously nodding.” She said Dunn could work as many hours as she liked.