ISSUE BRIEF | This brief examines key policy design features related to paid leave program finances and reviews the financial state of these programs to offer lessons and best practices for policymakers.
Model State Paid Family and Medical Leave Statute
A resource for drafting a new paid family and medical leave bill at the state level, created in collaboration with A Better Balance.
The Healthy Families Act: A Section-by-Section Summary
A section-by-section summary of the Healthy Families Act, which would establish a national paid sick days standard.
Learning Our Lesson: COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Showed the Value of a Robust, Permanent Paid Leave Policy
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief reviews the research and evidence about workers’ and employers’ need for and use of emergency sick and family leave, implementation and enforcement, and the costs and benefits of the program. It also shares qualitative findings from 20...
Americans Need Access to Paid Safe Leave
FACT SHEET | Gender-based violence causes economic instability
How Much Income Will Build Back Better Paid Leave Replace?
The Build Back Better Act would provide up to four weeks of paid family and medical leave for working people who time away from work to welcome a new child, address their own serious health condition or care for a loved one with a serious health condition. The paid...
Paid Leave Could Keep More Than 6 Million Caregivers Connected
Due to the lack of paid family and medical leave in the United States, many people — predominantly women — are forced to choose between caregiving and their job.
Paid Leave Is a Lifeline for All
Universal paid family and medical leave is critical to American families’ financial security, especially for low-income women and workers of color. Establishing national paid leave by passing the Build Back Better Act would provide this vital benefit to the 77 percent...
Polling Memo: Paid Family and Medical Leave is a Crucial Component to the Success of Build Back Better
Paid family and medical leave is a crucial component to the success of the Build Back Better Plan because it is known and overwhelmingly popular and frames this as the American Family Plan. Paid leave is one of the best-known elements of the Plan, and it is well-liked.
Paid Leave Is a Lifeline in the States
Universal paid family and medical leave is critical to American families’ financial security, especially for low-income women and workers of color. Establishing national paid leave by passing the Build Back Better Act would provide this vital benefit to the 77 percent...
Paid Leave Would Cut Healthcare Costs
It is more apparent than ever. The lack of a national paid family and medical leave policy in the United States costs working people their health and financial security – and the price tag is rising.
Universal Paid Leave: A Pathway to Treating Substance Use Disorder
ISSUE BRIEF | National paid family and medical leave would improve the health and economic security of the more than 20 million people in the United States experiencing a substance use disorder (SUD).
Universal Paid Leave: A Pathway to Treating Substance Use Disorder Fact Sheet
FACT SHEET | National paid family and medical leave would improve the health and economic security of the more than 20 million people in the United States experiencing a substance use disorder (SUD).
Unpaid and Unprotected: How the Lack of Paid Leave for Medical and Caregiving Purposes Impacts Financial Health
Coauthored by the Financial Health Network and the National Partnership, this brief adds to calls for workplace paid leave policies that can help workers meet medical or caregiving needs, and offers new insights on the relationship between paid leave and positive...
Paid Leave Is a Lifeline for Workers and Families
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal’s Build Back Better Act offers the most effective paid family and medical leave policy for the range of caregiving needs across a lifespan.
Build Back Better Act Neal Plan in BBB Letter
On behalf of the undersigned organizations and the tens of millions of working families we represent, we urge you to enact a universal, comprehensive paid leave policy as part of the Build Back Better package.
70 Innovative Companies That Are Leading on Leave in 2021
Written Testimony of The Honorable Erika L. Moritsugu, Senate Finance Paid Leave Working Group Roundtable on Paid Leave Proposals in the COVID Era
Written Testimony of The Honorable Erika L. Moritsugu National Partnership for Women & Families, Vice President for Economic Justice Senate Finance Paid Leave Working Group Roundtable on Paid Leave Proposals in the COVID Era (June 18, 2020)
Expanding Paid Sick Days and Paid Family and Medical Leave in Response to COVID-19
FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for - and far from universal access to - paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.
New Emergency Legislation Provides Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care for Millions
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted and amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, provides new rights to workers for short-term paid time away from work for coronavirus-related health and caregiving reasons, and...
