Parental Leave Inches Ahead in U.S. on Federal Workers’ Time Off
- New bill would offer the benefit to 2 million more workers
- That would leave over 80% of U.S. workforce without coverage
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The U.S., one of few countries that don’t mandate paid family leave, will guarantee 2.1 million federal workers paid time off to care for newborns under a tentative provision in defense legislation. That would still leave the majority of the U.S. workforce with no paid time off when they have children.
The bill, expected to go to a vote this week, will provide 12 weeks’ paid parental leave to federal workers who’ve been with the government at least a year.