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A mom in Denmark was offered 1 year of paid parental leave but chose to come back to work early. She felt she had to show she was still valuable.
Mom-of-two Natalia Rogaczewska's employer gave her one year's maternity leave at full pay in Denmar…
Ella Hopkins
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Boom or bust — how RBI’s decision to leave rates unchanged affects homebuyers
If you're an aspiring homebuyer, now is not the time. And if you're already paying home loan EMIs, …
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Simply Put: Boom or bust — how RBI’s decision to leave rates unchanged affects homebuyers
The RBI keeps repo rates at 6.5% for the 10th time despite global rate cuts. This decision affects …
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Where Kamala Harris' VP pick Tim Walz stands on economic policies
Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz may be exactly who she needed to…
Noah Sheidlower
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Amazon is ending its paid COVID-19 sick leave policy for workers
Amazon announced to employees on Saturday that workers will receive up to five days of unpaid sick …
Michelle Mark,Hannah Towey
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Meet the West Virginia family that lost half their income because the parents couldn't get 2 weeks of paid leave: 'There were times I had to wait until payday to get my kids their prescriptions'
Two weeks of paid leave would've allowed Edmund Vance to keep his mining job. It took four years fo…
Ben Winck
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Paid family leave is one of the most glaring cuts in Biden's slimmed-down economic agenda, and it could leave women and families of color behind
"It's really critical to making sure that all women can participate in the workforce," Jocelyn Frye…
Madison Hoff,Juliana Kaplan
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Biden just abandoned his pledge to American families by nixing paid leave. It's still a 'truly historic' agenda but leaves the US with 'so much left to do.'
When he ran for president, Biden repeatedly stressed the need for paid leave. Just 23% of the labor…
Juliana Kaplan
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There are 10 million jobs open in the US. The problem is that many people's lives are not set up for work right now.
Millions of Americans want to get back to work, but lack of childcare options, flexibility, and ade…
Ayelet Sheffey
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5 things in Biden's $2 trillion spending plan that could get stripped out by the Senate, ranging from tax cuts to paid leave
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema haven't approved Build Back Better yet, jeopardizing measures like M…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Biden sounds like he's ready to sign whatever Manchin and Sinema decide on the social-spending bill
Even if Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema cut paid leave from his spending package, Biden told reporte…
Ayelet Sheffey
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AOC calls out Democratic holdouts trying to limit benefits like paid leave in Biden's agenda: They 'literally have to imagine what normal life is like'
"STOP trying to make a mountain of paperwork and hoops to jump through so people can access basic t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Pelosi says paid leave is back in the social spending bill, daring Manchin to tank the popular provision
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to Democrats on Monday that she's asked for 4 weeks of paid leave …
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan…
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Here are all of Biden's progressive campaign promises that got cut from his $1.75 trillion social-spending package
Biden released a social spending plan half the size of the original package. Paid leave and free co…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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Conservatives tossed out Roe v. Wade. Now some are pressuring the GOP to soften its resistance to financially supporting families or risk a 'severe' backlash
The GOP opposed Biden's economic agenda, and a Trump effort to get paid leave through Congress fell…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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12 weeks of paid family leave made it into Democrats' early plan for $3.5 trillion in social spending
Republicans are lining up in opposition to Biden's plan, which is set to be funded with tax hikes o…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana …
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Meet a mom who got COVID-19 while pregnant and used paid leave when her kid had to quarantine 3 times
"We keep operating on the assumption that families and especially mothers will take on anything we …
Juliana Kaplan
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After a 38-year-old Walmart worker died at the store, employees are fighting for a voice and more paid sick leave
Janikka Perry, 38, was a mother and grandmother. Her sister doesn't want any other families to endu…
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden wants to spend $225 billion in his new plan to give you guaranteed sick and family time off work
Biden's American Families Plan would guarantee 12 weeks of paid leave by its 10th year and would pr…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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If you're a parent, here's how Biden's new plan will benefit you - from free pre-K to childcare
Some parents wouldn't have to pay for childcare under Biden's $1.8 trillion American Families Plan,…