Biden Announces Plan for National 12-Week Paid Family Leave

[rangerrebew]

Biden Announces Plan for National 12-Week Paid Family Leave
Story by Troy Matthews • 21h • 2 min read


President Biden announced his plan for a national paid family and medical leave program in a speech Tuesday. Biden said his next budget proposal would include funding for 12 weeks fully paid leave for self and family medical care, as well as for childbirth.

"My budget would finally create a national paid family and medical leave program. Up to 12 weeks to care for newborns, a sick loved one or yourself without losing your income," Biden said. "Look, it's past time America caught up with the rest of the world on paid leave."
 
The United States is the only nation in the developed world that does not require paid family or medical leave from work. U.S. law requires that women be given up to 12 weeks off for childbirth, but does not require that it be paid time off. Paid medical leave varies state by state, but often American workers must return to work too soon after receiving medical care because they can't afford to take unpaid time off.

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[rangerrebew]

I'm sure this will also apply to unemployed welfare loafers who will get an extra 12 weeks of income for
single mothers popping kids.  Getting something for doing nothing, the communist/socialist view of life.

[cato potatoe]

The decision to bear a child is between a woman and her doctor.  The woman and her doctor should negotiate paid leave with her employer.  Leave the rest of us out of her personal decision.

[GtHawk]

The decision to bear a child is between a woman and her doctor.  The woman and her doctor should negotiate paid leave with her employer.  Leave the rest of us out of her personal decision.

Their body, their bill, their responsibility. Amazing how so many people were able to have children and raise them without other peoples money used for it until the democrats stuck their fingers into our wallets.

[corbe]

   With or without Menthol smokes? He's just pandering for votes like his Republican cohort.

[deb]

I want as much time off as Buttigieg got. I’m just as capable of breastfeeding and childbearing as he is. 

[libertybele]

Their body, their bill, their responsibility. Amazing how so many people were able to have children and raise them without other peoples money used for it until the democrats stuck their fingers into our wallets.

Exactly right.  We paid for all of our children's expenses, and helped out with our grandchildren's expenses.  No freebies. No free food.  No free tuition.  It came out of our pockets.

[libertybele]

   With or without Menthol smokes? He's just pandering for votes like his Republican cohort.

I feel for those who are still smoking cigarettes -- to have to go from a menthol to a non-menthol would be difficult -- yuk!

[libertybele]

I'm sure this will also apply to unemployed welfare loafers who will get an extra 12 weeks of income for
single mothers popping kids.  Getting something for doing nothing, the communist/socialist view of life.

How many women will now decide to have children?  Why not?  Uncle Sam will pay for them.

....and what about all those ILLEGALS -- they'll keep on having kids. More anchor babies - yay!   

[GtHawk]

How many women will now decide to have children?  Why not?  Uncle Sam will pay for them.

....and what about all those ILLEGALS -- they'll keep on having kids. More anchor babies - yay!   

I guess you could look at California to see, they have had paid family leave(eight weeks) for 20 years now.

Celebrating 20 Years of Paid Family Leave
Paid Family Leave (PFL) provides benefit payments to people who need to take time off work to:

Care for a seriously ill family member.
Bond with a new child.
Participate in a qualifying event because of a family member’s military deployment.
Also
Which states have paid family leave?
As of January 2024, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington, DC, mandate paid leave for an employee's own serious health condition or disability.