March 23, 2021
"Lack of a national paid leave policy makes all of us more vulnerable during this pandemic and for future public health emergencies, while putting the financial stability of businesses on the line."
Arguing that "when families thrive, we all thrive," nearly 200 companies and organizations on Tuesday sent a memo to U.S. congressional leaders urging them to work with the Biden administration to include paid parental leave in its proposed $3 trillion "Build Back Better Recovery Plan."
Addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the memo from Paid Leave for the U.S. (PL+US), a "national campaign to win paid family and medical leave by 2022," calls on lawmakers to "respond to the unprecedented economic, health, and safety challenges faced by the business community as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic" by passing "permanent paid family and medical leave" as part of the administration's next recovery package.