Finland just gave fathers 7 months of paid family leave while 85% of all Americans still get zero
The U.S. is the only industrialized country without a federal paid family leave policy. The Family Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993, says that employers must let new parents take up to 12 weeks off, but there is no guarantee of getting paid. Currently, the District of Columbia and nine states have laws offering paid family leave, Washington, California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Oregon. New laws in Connecticut and Oregon are waiting to go into effect. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor…
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