Stacey Bevan | Equitable Paid Family Leave demands better legislation
(01/14/22 7:41pm)
President Biden’s Build Back Better Framework, currently in the bill stage, introduces major expansions to U.S. social programs, including those created to assist children and their caregivers. The original bill proposed 12 weeks of paid family leave, which affords compensated time off to care for newborn or adopted children and ill family members. However, after heated contention in the House prior to its passing, this provision was ultimately reduced to four weeks. In January 2022, the bill will be up for a vote in the Senate where it faces an uncertain future — paid family leave could be removed from the final version.