The Paid Leave Fairy Tale
Politicians always want government to do more. Now they want companies to shell out more paid leave. Politicians and the media point out that only the U.S. and Papua New Guinea do not require paid time off for parents. “It’s disingenuous to say that,” says Patrice Lee Onwuka, a senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum. Onwuka tells John Stossel that most full-time American workers already get paid leave. “About 17 percent of workers have paid parental leave, but you jump to 60, 70, 80 percent when you consider people have sick time off, overtime or all-encompassing personal time.” These benefits are voluntarily provided to even lower-level employees. Tune in to Stossel TV for a lively debate between Onwuka and consumer journalist John Stossel.
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