9 states fund their paid family leave through employee-paid payroll taxes and are administered through their respective disability or unemployment insurance programs:
California, Washington, Rhode Island, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Oregon, Connecticut and New York
11 states have created state un-paid versions of family leave or maternity leave:
Oregon, Montana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, , Hawaii and Tennessee
Problems:
- Only 12% of U.S. private sector workers have access to paid family leave through their employer.
- The federal family leave act only covers employers with 50+ employees within a 75 mile radius
- Texas families have to sign up 6 months in advance to get childcare services
Solution(s):
- Create county-wide paid family leave program for workers who have worked at least 30+ hours a week in businesses with 10+ employees to take up to 4 weeks of paid job-protected family leave annually after 6 months of employment similar to Washington D.C.
- Create state-wide paid family leave with benefit and job protection that provides 12 weeks of leave with 60% of your salary
- Pass a ordinance/law requiring companies with 10+ employees to provide 6 weeks of unpaid family leave to workers who have worked at least 30+ hours a week after 6 months of employment
- Paid family leave reduces the need for nursing home use and saves states money on medicaid
- Advocate for extended paid maternity leave for mothers with babies born prematurely before 37 weeks (London, Southwark, Croydon, Medway, Sony Music, South Yorkshire Police, Waltham, West Birmingham)
- Advocate for any paid parental leave ordinances/laws to include grandparents (Santander, Cisco, United Kingdom, )
Pew – How States Are Working to Address The Retirement Savings Challenge
Fast Company – This Is What Paid Leave Looks Like In Every U.S. State
Washington Post – States make moves toward paid family leave
Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA)
Washington State Family Leave Act
Minnesota Parental Leave Act, federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Wisconsin Family And Medical Leave Act
DOL – Federal vs. Vermont Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Hawaii Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. the District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Oregon Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Maine Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Minnesota Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Rhode Island Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Laws
DOL – Federal vs. Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Laws
NJ Family Leave Act and Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Bill Moyers – National Paid Family Leave May Finally Be on the Horizon
Rhode Island Becomes the Third State with Paid Family Leave
Think Progress – Workers In A Third State Can Now Take Paid Family Leave
Think Progress – Rhode Island Poised To Be Third State With Paid Family Leave
University of Texas – The Benefits to a Paid Family Leave Law That Nobody is Talking About
Think Progress – Connecticut Takes A Step Toward Paid Family And Medical Leave
LA Times – California’s pioneering paid family-leave law may expand to help more low-income workers
Tennessee Human Rights Commission – State maternity leave law
USA Today – Should Ohio have paid family leave?
Paid Parental Leave is Coming to Whitney Point Public Employees
Albany Business Journal – Paid family leave included in Senate Republican budget proposal
Time to Care New York – Paid Family Leave
The Cut – No Brainer: Paid Leave Equals Breast-feeding Success
Bloomberg – Here’s Which States Offer Women The Most Equality
NPR – Paid Family Leave Advocates Celebrate A Big Week, But The Battle’s Not Over
New York State – Paid Family Leave
New York – Time to Care with Paid Family Leave
Should Connecticut Mandate Paid Family and Medical Leave?
Pew – More States Consider Family Leave Laws, But Barriers Remain
Brookings – How much paid parental leave do Americans really want?
Massachusetts Senate to consider paid family leave bill
Meet the ‘latte pappas’: The Swedish men who stay home to look after the children
Las Cruces Sun News – Group pitches paid family, parental leave law
San Jose Considers Lactation Rooms for Nursing Mothers
The Irish Times – Paid leave for dads: will Irish men take it?
Study: 80 percent of New Hampshire in support of paid medical, family leave
Sacramento Bee – Having a California baby? Assembly passes bill seeking to protect your job
Georgia Senate Passes Family Sick Leave Legislation
Wall Street Journal – The Case for Day Care at the Office
Change.org Will Offer 18 Weeks Of Paid Family Leave To Both Parents
Bloomberg – The 10 U.S. Companies With the Best Paternity Leave Benefits
AEI – A simple proposal to fund maternity leave
Talk Poverty – Why Conservatives’ Plans for Pregnancy 401(k)s Fall Short
Center for American Progress – The Business Case for Paid Leave and Paid Sick Days
Mandated Paid sick days a boon for Connecticut
San Francisco’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance: Outcomes for Employers and Employees
Small Business Network for Paid Sick Days
NY Times – Despite Business Fears, Sick-Day Laws Like New York’s Work Well Elsewhere
Private Sector
Meet the woman behind Laughing Planet Cafe’s new paid parental leave policy: Q&A with Katie Freeman
Fenwick Expands Parental Leave Policy to 16 weeks
NY Times – When the Pilot Is a Mom: Accommodating New Motherhood at 30,000 Feet
Maersk offering 18 weeks paid maternity leave
Western Union expands maternity leave benefit to 12 weeks fully paid
Dow Chemical offers at least 12 weeks of paid parental leave
The Cut – No Brainer: Paid Leave Equals Breast-feeding Success
San Fransisco Examiner – San Francisco businesses face paid parental leave mandate
Chicago could become first city to mandate paid leave for new parents
Fortune – Coca-Cola Credits Millennials For Its Extended Paid Parental Leave Policy
Paid Leave for All Parents: Millennial Employees Drive Coke’s New Parental Benefits Policy
Glamour – Anheuser Busch Is the Latest Company to Offer a (Better) Parental Leave Policy
Star Tribune – Land O’Lakes increases paid parental leave
Philadelphia Business Journal – Campbell’s announces paid parental leave policy
Reuters – Nike expands, adds to its paid family leave
Catholic archdiocese to offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave
Think Progress – Footwear Company Gets In On The Paid Family Leave Arms Race
CSID Raises Bar for Parental Leave in Austin
Rewire – Bleeding Wounds and Breastfeeding Hell: The Costs of No Paid Maternity Leave in America
Gray Plant Mooty Law Firm Announces 16 weeks of Parental Leave Policies
Elephant Auto Insurance announces generous parental leave policy
Hitachi Consulting India extends paid maternity leave to 6 months
Why the Island Institute decided to offer a 12 week paid parental leave
Cosmopolitan – 6 Women Reveal the Challenging Reality of Not Having Paid Maternity Leave
Washington Post – Being on paid maternity leave is no grounds for denying a mortgage
Fast Company – Three Dads Share What It Was Like Taking Parental Leave For The First Time
Why competing agencies are joining forces to give parents more time off
Fast Company – What Will It Take For Employers To Offer On-Site Day Care?
You Won’t Support Paid Parental Leave? Then We Won’t Give You a Grant
Gadens law firm enhances paid parental leave to 26 weeks
Business Insider – The CEO of Patagonia makes a convincing business case for this unorthodox perk
Journal of Business – Parental-leave plans expand for select few
Portland Press Herald – WEX embraces new parental leave policy to attract, keep workers
Girl Scouts of the USA Among Leaders in New-Parent Benefits
Inc – This Company Gives Mothers 12 Weeks (Paid!) Maternity Leave
AXA launches global parental leave policy
Iron Workers 396 apprentice calls new paid maternity leave benefit ‘life-changing’
Harris Corporation Adds Paid Parental Leave for Its 17,000 Employees
US last in paid parental leave, but some Mich. companies stepping up
Why I require new fathers who work for me to take paternity leave
Public Sector
Jacksonville company offers 12 weeks of paid paternal leave
The Best Maternity and Paternity Benefits In Utah Have Just Been Launched At Weave
Eataly now offers paid parental leave to every employee
16 weeks paid parental leave? Here’s why one tech company is doing it.
Vanguard adds severance, family benefits
Award-Winning Apple Growth Partners Announces 10-Week Paid Maternity Leave
Tobacco giant Reynolds American adds 16 weeks of paid parental leave
Boulder County applauded for breastfeeding, parental-leave policies
City of Atlanta to Offer Paid Family Leave for City Employees
Los Angeles City Council unanimously approves study on 4 weeks of paid parental leave
Port of Seattle joins other organizations, announces new paid parental leave plan
Austin to offer employees paid parental leave
Seattle council approves paid parental leave for city workers
Mayor de Blasio Signs Paid Parental Leave Personnel Order for NYC Workers
Governor of Minnesota wants paid parental leave for state workers
Mayor Emanuel Announces City’s First Maternity Leave Policy
Mayor Walsh Signs Boston’s First Ever Paid Parental Leave Policy
KC Council approves paid parental leave for city employees
St. Paul Mayor Coleman announces paid parental leave plan for city workers
Portland approves 6 weeks of paid parental leave for city employees
This Boston Politician Gave Birth While in Office—and Paved the Way for Paid Parental Leave
Cuyahoga County village offers six-month parental leave
Hennepin County approves parental leave for employees
Pittsburgh to consider giving its workers 6 weeks of paid parental leave
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Allegheny County to offer 6 weeks of parental leave
Why We Need Parental Leave for the Public Workforce
Minneapolis passes paid parental leave for city employees
Board approves paid parental leave for Pima County employees
Missoula County adopts new parental leave policy for new moms and dads
Multnomah County Adds Paid Parental Leave Policy for Employees
Ohio city now offering full-time employees six months paid leave after baby
Ferndale to give employees 12 weeks for parental leave
Fort Wayne Mayor Proposes Fully Paid Maternity Leave For City Employees
City of Cincinnati to offer paid parental leave to city employees
D.C. Government Workers Get Eight Weeks Of Paid Family Leave
The Tennessean – Nashville may adopt paid parental leave for Metro workers
Cobb city to vote on offering paid maternity leave
Keene Housing board OKs new paid parental leave policy
Business Journal – St. Petersburg sets paid parental leave policy, mayor calls on business to follow
Jupiter to consider paid family leave for employees
Seattle’s paid-parental leave proposed to extend to 8 weeks
Paid parental leave policy begins to take shape for Minnesota state employees
Arizona Daily Star – County’s new parental leave policy tested by complicated birth
The Stranger – Women of Seattle Council: Give Paid Parental Leave to All
New York City Buildings Are Now Required to Have Lactation Rooms
Richfield adopts paid parental leave for city employees
San Antonio 2017 budget proposal includes additional parental leave
The Desert Sun – Palm Springs teachers to get maternity leave, raise in new contract
Palm Beach Post – Paid family leave for Jupiter employees: Good or bad idea?
Palm Beach Post – Wellington, West Palm to offer paid leave to new parents
Paid Parental Leave Could be Coming Soon for Washington County Employees
City of Dayton evaluate progress on parental leave policy one year later
Summit County considers offering employees paid parental leave
Some Missoula City Council members push for paid maternity leave
Durham County employees to receive raise to $15 an hour, paid parental leave
Cary considering paid parental leave for town employees
Summit County Council unanimously approves six weeks of paid parental leave for employees
Missoulian – Missoula approves six-week paid maternity leave for city workers
Lake Jackson approves paid parental leave
Arkansas Online – Little Rock lawmaker renews push to pass maternity-leave bill
Kansas City Star – Paid time off for childbirth proposed for Missouri state workers
Salt Lake Tribune – Salt Lake City announces paid parental leave for employees
Cary first Wake County municipality to offer paid parental leave
Columbus Dispatch – Columbus set to offer paid family leave for all city workers
St Louis Dispatch – MoDOT expands paid parental leave, legislators mull their own plans
Shoreline City Council approves supplemental paid family leave for City staff
Greitens OKs paid parental leave for some state workers
New parents at Port of Tacoma could get paid leave, if commission approves
Sun Sentinel – Palm Beach County moves ahead with paid parental leave for employees
Tampa Bay Times – Hillsborough Republican wants paid parental leave for county employees
Warner Robins Council reverses on maternity leave
The Blade – Lucas County Commissioners New policy to offer 12-week parental leave
Leon County Approves 6 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
City Beat – Hamilton County’s Living Wage Torch-Bearer
Mayor Curry Proposes Paid Parental Leave For City Employees
El Paso Times – Ordaz Perez proposes parental share leave pool for city workers
Beachwood seeks to be state leader in granting employees paid parental leave
Hamilton County’s Living Wage Torch-Bearer
New Orleans city workers now eligible for paid maternity, parental leave
Sonoma County, SEIU reach tentative deal that would provide employees 8 weeks of paid parental leave
MAYOR TOM HENRY ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PROVIDE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE TO CITY EMPLOYEES
Let’s Support Delaware Families
Mayor Bhalla Signs Expanded Paid Parental Leave Executive Order
Council offers ‘additional’ paid leave after premature births
Park City Board of Education approves paid maternity and paternity leave
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