Nov 12, 2021
US Congress has approved a potentially history-making paid family leave plan as part of a larger social spending bill.
If the “Build Back Better” plan can now survive a Senate vote and be passed into law—and if Democrats can protect the already-pared down paid family leave program from further trimming—it would be a political win not just for the Biden administration and its Democratic supporters, but also for women’s groups that have fought for this benefit for years, knowing women still disproportionately shoulder the burden of unpaid family care.