Edwards announces paid family leave plan:
The former North Carolina senator on Tuesday will propose spending $2 billion a year to help states create family leave programs that offer workers at least eight weeks of paid time off to care for a newborn or ill family member.My god, it's been a long damn time since there were proposals for programs to help Americans in profound ways. What a breath of fresh air.
…Edwards also would set a national goal of eight weeks of paid leave for all by 2014.
"Only 8 percent of American workers have access to paid family leave," he said in remarks prepared for delivery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. "The vast majority of countries in the world offer paid leave — it is long past the time that America made sure that paid leave is there for every worker."
…Edwards also would require all businesses to offer their workers a minimum of seven paid sick days a year.
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