About Paid leave for all
Paid Leave for All: Fighting for Paid Family and Medical Leave for All Working People
The Paid Leave for All campaign is a growing collaborative of organizations fighting for paid family and medical leave for all working people. The campaign aims to ensure that every worker in the United States has access to paid leave when they need it most, whether it's to care for a new child, recover from an illness or injury, or care for a sick family member.
The need for paid leave is clear. Currently, only 19% of workers in the United States have access to paid family leave through their employers, and just 40% have access to short-term disability insurance that could cover some of their wages if they need time off due to illness or injury. This means that millions of workers are forced to choose between caring for themselves or their loved ones and earning a paycheck.
Paid Leave For All believes that no one should have to make this choice. The campaign is working towards comprehensive federal legislation that would provide all workers with up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave each year. This would be funded through small payroll contributions from both employees and employers, similar to how Social Security works.
In addition to advocating at the federal level, Paid Leave For All is also working with state-level campaigns across the country. Several states have already passed laws providing some form of paid family leave, including California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York State (effective January 2018), Washington State (effective January 2020), Massachusetts (effective July 2021), Connecticut (effective January 2022) and Oregon (effective January 2023). However there are still many states where workers do not have any access at all.
Paid Leave For All recognizes that passing comprehensive federal legislation will be a long process but believes it's worth fighting because everyone deserves time off when they need it most without having financial worries on top of everything else.
The campaign is also working to raise awareness about the importance of paid leave and the benefits it can bring to workers, families, and businesses. Research has shown that paid leave can improve health outcomes for both parents and children, increase employee retention rates, boost productivity, and reduce turnover costs for employers.
Paid Leave For All is a coalition of organizations from across the country that are committed to fighting for this important issue. The coalition includes labor unions, women's rights groups, civil rights organizations, faith-based groups and many others.
The campaign has already made significant progress in raising awareness about the need for paid leave. In 2015 President Obama signed an executive order providing federal employees with six weeks of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child. This was a major victory for Paid Leave For All as it showed that their advocacy efforts were making an impact at the highest levels of government.
In conclusion Paid Leave For All is fighting hard to ensure that every worker in America has access to paid family and medical leave when they need it most. The campaign believes that no one should have to choose between caring for themselves or their loved ones and earning a paycheck. By advocating at both state and federal levels while raising awareness about this important issue Paid Leave For All hopes to make comprehensive paid family and medical leave a reality in America sooner rather than later.