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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides workers with unpaid time off for qualified medical an…

Kilolo Kijakazi, acting Social Security Administration (SSA) commissioner, discussed challenges facing her agency, such as staffing shortages, large backlogs, and improving customer service.…

Second gentleman Douglas Emoff along with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra all called on Congress to pass paid family and medical leave as t…

Indivar Dutta-Gupta and Rachel Greszler talked about the 30th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

White House Gender Policy Council Director Jennifer Klein highlighted the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act and discussed the Biden administration’s support for women’s re…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is joined by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), and others at a Paid Leave for All national bus tour event in Washingt…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee examined the pros and cons of paid family and medical leave for federal workers, and also discussed whether private sector employees would benefit fr…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on a proposed national paid family and medical leave program. Family policy experts and business representatives tes…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on national paid family and medical leave under federal law The committee heard testimony from Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) on t…

Reporter Alia Dastagir spoke by phone about her USA Today story: “Why American Moms Are Seriously Struggling.”

Telephone lines and social media were open for comments on a question concerning women in the workplace: “Should paid family leave be expanded?” Alia Dastagir spoke by phone about her USA To…

Aparna Mathur talked about various proposals that would expand paid family leave. This program was part of C-SPAN’s “Your Money” series, during which a segment of Washington Journal is de…

A Senate Finance subcommittee examined the issue of paid family leave that allows workers time off for maternity or paternity leave, or to care for a sick family member. Members heard from p…

Ivanka Trump and former Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Rick Santorum (R-PA) took part in a Bipartisan Policy Center on paid family leave policy. All three talked about the importance of havi…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question, “Should the government fund family leave, or it should be paid for by Social Security?” A Senate Republican pl…

Senate Democrats held a news conference on their paid family and medical leave legislation. The proposal provides for up to 12 weeks of paid leave for full- or part-time workers who need tim…

In his weekly address, President Obama discussed the importance of ensuring that American families had access to paid sick leave.

Panelists talked about improving equality in the workplace, focusing on an Independent Women’s Forum report that offers solutions for pay equity, discrimination, and paid leave. One recommen…

In his weekly address, President Obama recognized all mothers in celebration of the upcoming Mother’s Day, and gave thanks to his wife and mother-in-law for their role in raising his daughte…

Sabrina Schaeffer talked about the Independent Women’s Forum’s policy proposals in their recent report, Working for Women: A Modern Agenda for Improving Women’s Lives, such as on paid family…