Paid Leave is Pro-Family, Pro-Business, and it's Just Common Sense
A Federal Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Will Benefit Families Everywhere
How can we make a real difference in the lives of fathers?
Finally make a federally-mandated paid family and sick leave program a reality!
While we live in the richest country in the world, growing families – especially in rural areas and small towns – are struggling following the birth of each new child. On the one hand, it’s a miracle to welcome a long-awaited new family member, but on the other, we’ve created completely unsustainable circumstances for raising children.
Right now, over 70% of all American workers have no paid family leave through their employer. Some 95% of low-wage workers have none either.
New parents are forced to take unpaid time off work and then hurry right back – sometimes before mothers are even fully recovered from giving birth because it’s nearly impossible to live off one income with a new mouth to feed.Â
Voters across the country are consistently clear that lack of childcare is a serious problem and they want state and federal governments to spend money to solve it. Yet, Republican leaders in charge in many rural states have been totally unresponsive to this most basic need of working families.Â
Paid family leave is pro-family, pro-business, and it's just common sense.Â