Former President Bill Clinton was back at the White House this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a federal policy that allows U.S. workers to take up to 12 weeks of time off for an illness or new baby without losing their job.
Roughly 44% of workers aren't eligible for unpaid leave supported by the Family and Medical Leave Act, which Clinton signed in 1993, because they haven't been at their job long enough, work for a small employer, or don't work enough hours to qualify, according to an analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families.
"We need more stories, not process. People need to understand that as great as this was, there's still a lot of people left out," Clinton said in remarks at the White House, recounting people he has met who used the Family and Medical Leave Act. The Biden administration previously sought to expand family leave law in 2021 to allow workers to receive up to 12 weeks of paid parental and personal illness leave, along with ensuring three days of bereavement leave each year, as part of a $3.5 trillion social spending plan, though it failed to get enough support to include in a budget reconciliation bill.
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