But the United States is one of only seven countries in the world without some form of universal paid family and medical leave. A bipartisan congressional duo is trying to change that.

Because of laws passed in recent years, Papua New Guinea and the United States remain the only two countries that do not have laws providing for paid maternity/family leave in some form.20 Almost ...

Alabama, Iowa and Mississippi joined 37 other states in granting paid parental leave to thousands of state workers. The trend ...

Navigating family leave is not easy. When we’ve talked to ... have challenges submitting your application when many of the forms are available only in English. You may experience delays as ...

Activists and some lawmakers have now set their sights on winning paid leave, and the fight has plenty of fuel. Thirteen states plus D.C. have instituted some form of paid family leave ...

Three in four Americans have no paid family leave whatsoever from their ... one of the only countries in the world with no form of federal paid leave. Our current patchwork approach doesn ...

Eleven states and the District of Columbia have some form of mandatory paid family leave, including Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island in New England. California was the first state to ...

The criticism came from people — mostly men — who falsely believe family leave and, by extension, child care are solely the province of women and inherently feminizing forms of labor. But, as the ...