Paid Family Leave Pros And Cons
Advocates and policymakers have been calling out for paid family leave policies; some of these campaigns have seen recent successes. With the callings, a number of bills also have been introduced in the U.S. Congress that would expand the right to access family leave.
The proposed Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 1751/S. 846) would expand the definition of family under the FMLA to allow workers to take leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, a parent-in-law, an adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition (National Partnership for Women and Families 2013c).
Representative Maloney has also introduced, the Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2014 (H.R. 3999), which extends
The proposed Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 1751/S. 846) would expand the definition of family under the FMLA to allow workers to take leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, a parent-in-law, an adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition (National Partnership for Women and Families 2013c).
Representative Maloney has also introduced, the Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2014 (H.R. 3999), which extends