Paid Leave

Key Facts: The Family and Medical Leave Act

Research by the National Partnership for Women & Families estimates that the FMLA has been used more than 500 million times by working people who needed to care for their own health or the health of their families. In 2024 alone, more than 15 million workers were supported by the FMLA.

Paid Leave Means a Stronger Nation

A state-by-state analysis that highlights the significant and growing need for a national paid family and medical leave law that covers workers in all 51 states.

Black Women and the Care Agenda

Black women are family caregivers – and they need flexibility and economic supports to make the best decisions for themselves and their families

Small Businesses Support a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

A new national scientific opinion poll found that 79% of small business owners support the creation of a national paid family and medical leave program that would guarantee employees wage replacement for up to 12 weeks, funded by 0.5% employer and employee contributions each.

The Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act

The Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act would address America’s paid family and medical leave crisis and benefit working people, their families, businesses and our nation’s economy.

What Real Paid Leave is – and What It Isn’t

For a truly just, equitable program that works for the people who need it the most and is feasible and affordable for small businesses, any paid leave program must be the following five things.

Fathers Need Paid Family and Medical Leave

A national paid family and medical leave insurance program would provide mothers and fathers with much-needed pay when they need time off for family or medical reasons.

Paid Leave Video

Business leaders join together to call for paid family and medical leave.

Called to Care

Too often in our country’s history, the ability to take time to care for yourself and others while maintaining your economic security has been predominantly reserved for the white and wealthy few. Yet, it is through providing care for one another that we knit together the bonds of our families and communities.

Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus

With the coronavirus pandemic affecting nearly everyone in the country, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provides many workers new rights to paid sick time and paid family leave to use for certain coronavirus-related health and family caregiving reasons, including for quarantine and child care.

Conoce tus derechos: Permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos para cuidado infantil durante el coronavirus

La pandemia del coronavirus está afectando a casi todo el país y la Ley de Respuesta al Coronavirus ‘Familias Primero’ (FFCRA) les da a muchos trabajadores el derecho a solicitar permisos pagados por enfermedad y permisos familiares pagados en caso de algunas situaciones sanitarias y familiares asociadas con el coronavirus, incluyendo cuarentenas y cuidado infantil.

Meeting the Promise of Paid Leave

Meeting the Promise of Paid Leave: Best Practices in State Paid Leave Implementation, presented by the National Partnership for Women & Families in partnership with Main Street Alliance, the National Center for Children in Poverty and Dr. Sarah Jane Glynn. This...

Raising Expectations

Every day across the country, millions of working people face the heartbreaking choice of worrying about losing a job or a paycheck in order to take time off to care for a new child or ill loved one or deal with a serious personal medical need or short-term illness.