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New Research: Working People Need Access to Paid Leave
In the new report, " Working People Need Access to Paid Leave [[link removed]] ," Emily Andrews, Sapna Mehta, and Jessica Milli use data from the Worker Paid Leave Usage Simulation Model to illustrate how the lack of paid family and medical leave in 37 states causes workers, particularly women of color, to lose billions of dollars in wages annually and experience increased economic insecurity.
The analysis finds that in the 37 states lacking comprehensive paid leave:
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Nearly
16.5
million
leaves
are
taken
each
year,
with
5.2
million,
or
32
percent,
taken
without
pay
,
resulting
in
billions
of
dollars
in
lost
wages
and
increased
economic
insecurity
and
hardship.
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The
lack
of
paid
medical
and
family
leave
disproportionately
hurts
women
of
color
,
with
higher
rates
of
leaves
not
taken
by
Black,
Hispanic,
and
Native
American
women
compared
with
white
women.
Black
and
multiracial
women
have
the
highest
rates
of
taking
leave
without
pay.
*
Over
8
million
leaves
are
needed
but
not
taken
each
year,
including
leave
to
care
for
a
new
child
or
a
sick
loved
one
,
or
to
recover
from
a
serious
medical
condition.
*
Over
54
percent
of
the
leaves
needed
each
year
are
either
not
taken
or
taken
without
pay,
forcing
workers
to
choose
between
a
paycheck
and
their
own
health
or
the
health
of
their
families.
Workers
and
their
families
in
these
states
lose
an
estimated
$34
billion
in
wages
annually
due
to
unpaid
or
partially
paid
leave.
*
Women
are
more
likely
than
men
to
take
leave
that
is
either
unpaid
or
only
partially
paid,
causing
women
to
lose
nearly
$19
billion
each
year—$3.2
billion
more
than
men
lose
on
an
annual
basis,
even
though
men
make
up
a
larger
percentage
of
the
labor
force
and
there
is
a
sizeable
and
persistent
gender
pay
gap.
Without Paid Family and Medical Leave, Workers Go Without or Lose Pay on More than Half of Needed Leaves
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The report concludes with an urgent message to Congress: Pass a comprehensive paid family and medical leave plan that guarantees all U.S. workers at least 12 weeks of job-protected paid family and medical leave.
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