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April 19, 2021 4:00 AM Kelly Anne Smith - Forbes Advisor
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The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that does not guarantee paid parental leave and most of those who qualify for the standard unpaid leave don’t use it because they can’t afford to.
Parental leave is a crucial part of the social safety net that ensures your job is protected when you have to take time off to give birth to or care for a child. The national mandate for unpaid parental leave in the U.S. also covers workers’ time off to tend to a serious injury, whether it’s theirs or a family member’s.
Paid Sick Leave Trends: States And Localities Step In Where Federal Law Falls Short - Coronavirus (COVID-19) mondaq.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mondaq.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Paid sick and family leave is expanding. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the special pressures it has placed on parents and families, has renewed the push for mandated paid sick and family leave. Congress’ decision not to expand the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in the latest relief package, has spurred state and local governments to renew their efforts to provide COVID-19 paid sick leave and, in some cases, permanent paid sick leave.
Also, is it safe to assume the federal government is not planning to pass a paid sick leave mandate? After all, the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act, which passed in 2019, was just expanded in October 2020.
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Guerin BlaskRep. Carolyn Maloney didn’t waste a moment after the failed insurrection of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
As chair of the House Oversight Committee, having replaced her colleague and friend Rep. Elijah Cummings after he died in 2019, the New Yorker gathered all House of Representatives committee heads with jurisdiction over the FBI and went to work writing a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding a briefing on what was done to investigate and pursue for prosecution the instigation, planning, and execution of the deadly terrorist attack.” The letter pressed the agency to use “all available assets and resources to ensure that the perpetrators of this domestic terrorist attack and those who incited and conspired with them are brought to justice, and that this domestic terrorist group is disrupted from further actions against our government.”
With 2021 looming, more than two million women have left the workforce - Business News abcnewsradioonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abcnewsradioonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.