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Paid Expanded Family and Medical Leave

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posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

The Paid Expanded Family and Medical Leave was provided for parents caring for children during school closures

History

Country

United States

Policy Area

Parental leave

Measure

Paid parental leave

Eligibility

The employee who was employed for at least 30 calendar days and was unable to work due to a bona fide need for leave to care for a child whose ECEC setting or school was closed or unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19

Type

Cash (social insurance)

Start / Announced Date

18/03/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

67% of the person's normal pay up to $200 per day for 10 weeks

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Long, H. (2020) 'Paid sick leave: who gets it during the coronavirus outbreak', The Washington Post, 17 March, Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230109155627/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/16/paid-sick-leave-coronavirus-house-bill/ U.S. Department of Labour (n.d.) Families First Coronavirus Response Act: employee paid leave rights. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230109155730/https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave