Obama to issue executive action giving workers more paid family leave
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to sign a memorandum giving federal workers at least six weeks of paid family leave after a child is born, according to a post by White House adviser Valerie Jarrett on the professional networking site LinkedIn.
The executive action appears to be part of a broader push by the White House for more paid family leave in the American workplace. According to Jarrett, the president plans to press members of Congress and state lawmakers to pass paid leave legislation and to urge employers to voluntarily offer the benefit on their own. The White House, she wrote, views paid leave as a "worker's right" rather than a "privilege."
"We can't say we stand for family values when so many women in this country have to jeopardize their financial security just to take a few weeks off of work after giving birth," Jarrett wrote. "We can't say we're for middle-class stability when a man has to sacrifice his economic security to care for his ailing mother."
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