AAUW Naperville hosts program and movie on paid leave in Illinois May 15
Robert Bruno, professor and director of the University of Illinois Labor Education Program
Updated 5/7/2021 8:56 PM
The United States is the only industrialized country without a federal paid leave law. That's right, zero weeks of paid leave is what the U.S.A. offers in comparison to other countries, some of which offer up to a year of paid leave.
While many may be familiar with the Family Medical Leave Act, which is unpaid, and the use of paid sick days for our own sickness or after childbirth, most workers do not have access to pay when they are not at work for their own illness, after childbirth or adoption, after their partner has a child, or when they must care for a family member.