25 percent of new moms take less than two weeks off before returning to work.
Only 1-in-20 of the lowest paid workers in America
have access to any kind of paid time off after having a baby.
The numbers are often worse for dads who on average take only one day off for every month
a mom is away from work to care for a newborn.
While more than 180 countries require some type of paid family leave, only four US states
and the District of Columbia have put it on the books.
Washington even passed its own law in 2007 but never funded or implemented it.
This year negotiators from business and labor, the House and Senate, and both Democrats and Republicans
met for months and have finally agreed on a balanced plan that protects new
moms and dads and their employers.
Hi. I'm Senator Joe Fain.
I'll tell you our plan to bring real paid family leave to Washington
in 57 Seconds.
Beginning in 2020 Washington would offer up to twelve weeks for family leave or medical leave
to recover from your own injury or illness with a combined maximum
of sixteen weeks paid leave per year.
Moms who have complications during birth could have an additional two weeks to recover.
Workers would receive up to 90% of their wages up to half the state's average weekly wage
and 50% of their wages above that to a maximum of $1,000 per week.
Employees and employers would share the cost of funding the plan.
Employers would cover 55% of the medical portion or about 37% of the overall plan.
Employee paid premiums would cover all of the family leave portion or about 63% of the total plan.
Costs for a minimum wage worker would only be about 3 cents per hour for the employee
and a little under 2 cents an hour for their employer.
Companies with more generous plans could apply for a waiver and small businesses under
50 employees would not be required to pay premiums at all.
The need for paid family and medical leave has never been more clear
in the minds of the public.
Recent polls show as many as 72% of Washington voters support paid family leave and even
the Brookings Institute and the conservative American Enterprise Institute have recently
begun advocating for these programs.
A little over a year ago my wife and I were blessed to welcome our first child and we
were privileged to have that precious and necessary time at home from the beginning.
All families should have the time we had to recover, bond and to focus solely on starting
the most important job they'll ever have on the right foot.
Whether recovering from an injury, caring for a loved one, or welcoming a new child,
a person should never face financial insecurity because of a tragedy or joy.
For more information and to see all the details please visit family.senatorfain.com.
I'm Senator Joe Fain, thanks for watching.
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