San Francisco is making labor history by becoming the first U.S. city to require employers to offer fully paid leave to new parents. The law providing six weeks of paid time off starts next year and includes mothers and fathers, including same-sex couples, who either bear or adopt a child.
Paid Parental Leave Won’t Go National
James F. Peltz, Los Angeles Times, The Columbian
Sun, 05/29/2016 - 6:04am
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