03/14/2024

President Biden’s New Budget Proposes National Paid Leave Program

His administration seeks to establish a paid family and medical leave programs

After touting paid leave in his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden revealed his plan to establish a national paid family and medical leave program in his 2025 budget proposal, released this week.

Biden’s budget, revealed Monday, would establish a national paid family and medical leave program administered by the Social Security Administration. It would provide eligible employees up to 12 weeks of leave to care for and bond with a new child; care for a seriously ill loved one; heal from their own serious illness; address circumstances arising from a loved one’s military deployment; or find safety from domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, according to the administration.

Biden also wants to require employers to provide seven job-protected paid sick days each year to all workers. The budget also includes measures restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit, establishing an “affordable” child care program for families earning less than $200,000, strengthening Medicare drug-pricing negotiations, taking aim at child labor and more.

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