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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has said that just 15% of private industry, and state and local government workers had access to paid family leave as of March 2017.
That’s because right now, only the District of Columbia and five states — California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, Washington — have paid family-leave programs. Each offers varying benefits, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Overall, there’s a patchwork of local, state and federal laws when it comes to worker perks for temporary leave.
The benefit may be scarce, but most Americans say workers should receive paid family and medical leave. Some 82% of poll participants told the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., that new moms should have paid time off, and 69% said the benefit should also apply to dads. The FMLA lets eligible workers hold onto their insurance coverage and job while temporarily leaving for up to 12 weeks in order to care for themselves or others, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The covered events for employees include the birth of a child, tending to an ill spouse or to recover from a “serious health condition.” However, workers go unpaid during that time.
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