Both branches of the US Congress were delving into worker benefit mandates this week with a bi-partisan proposal to create a federal paid family leave mandate and a declaration by one of the “squad” calling for a $20/hour federal minimum wage. First, let’s talk about the realistic suggestion. Louisiana republican Senator Bill Cassidy joined with…
Read More »The issue itself has been kicking around for a couple of years now, but the US Senate Finance Committee this week advanced the priority of the issue with the appointment of a bi-partisan work group to study federal family leave. Senator Maggie Hassan, a democrat from New Hampshire will co-chair the federal family leave work…
Read More »A new version of federal paid leave legislation has again been filed in Congress, with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) teaming up with Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Representatives Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) and Anne Wagner (R-MO) to sponsor the newest version. Under the legislation, new parents would be eligible to take early Social Security benefits for…
Read More »Competing plans on how the government should structure a national paid leave policy were debated this week at a Senate Finance subcommittee hearing. The two plans, one from Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and the other by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), take completely different approaches on how to fund paid family leave at the national level.…
Read More »As we recall, senior presidential adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump has been one of the strongest advocates for developing a federal paid leave policy and she has been met with a host of Senators and others in Congress about the issue. Her chances for success however, may have hit a pothole last week with…
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