The U.S. is the only industrialized country in the world that doesn’t guarantee some form of paid leave. That’s according to New York’s junior U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who re-introduced the Family Act last week. Gillibrand says the bill would give every American worker access to paid family and medical leave …
The Washington Examiner says support for paid family leave among Republicans is growing. Gillibrand has said she would like to sit with the president and discuss the bill, suggesting that that paid family leave was both “pro-family” and “pro-workers.”