Nov 19, 2021
It’s been a contentious battle to get paid family leave included in social spending legislation being debated on Capitol Hill.
To that end, Democrats notched a win on Friday when the House of Representatives passed a version of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation that includes the hotly contested proposal.
The U.S. is one of the few developed countries without a paid family leave policy.
Democratic lawmakers have sought to change that. Their proposal calls for four weeks of paid family and medical leave for all workers, whether they are employees or independent contractors.