The article argues that paid parental leave has many benefits鈥攂enefits that the United States should take into account when considering reform of its current law. Drawing on international and state-level models, the article proposes federal policy reform in the United States that would expand on...
Parental leave is a benefit that gives employees time off work surrounding the birth, adoption or foster care of a child. The United States is the only wealthy country — and one of six countries overall— that doesn’t guarantee paid parental leave for its workers. Federal law does entitle...
advanced industrialized countries, Canada’s one-year leave ranks among the most generous policies in its duration, but among the least generous in its benefit levels. Nonetheless, leave provided in Canada still outstrips that in the United States, where only brief, unpaid leaves are the norm.1...
In the last paragraph, "Parental leave and child-care benefits in the United States remain inadequate" actually refers to ___. A.parents should not leave and pay more care to their childrenB.parental leave and child-care is contradictedC.children have inadequate care from their parentsD.in t...
In 2004, California enacted a paid family leave policy for both men and women, presenting a helpful case study for states and/or companies considering the same. In a survey conducted, 91% of the state’s participating employers reported that this policy had either a positive or neutral effect...
But: Employees of the federal government get 12 weeks paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child. Only a handful of states guarantee paid paternity leave. Dads in other states must rely on unpaid leave via the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993. The four biggest tech companies...
Family leave policies at public health institutions in the United States largely fall short of national public health recommendations for new parents, despite widespread recognition of the health importance of dedicated parental care for children in thei
The United States is the only developed nation that fails to provide its citizens with paid parental leave. The lack of parental benefit provision operates to the detriment of individuals and society as a whole by contributing to inequity across gender, race, socioeconomic status, and sexual orien...
The United States is far behind many other countries in providing parental leave, with no federal legislation that provides wage-replacement to parents seeking to take leave immediately before and after childbirth. In order to explain the variations of parental leave provided globally, this article di...
of affairs for family leave in the United States. Nine states and the District of Columbia mandate some degree of paid parental leave, butfederal laws only guarantee new parents six weeks of unpaid time off.Not all workers qualify, and we were curious: what doesteacherparental leave look like...