U.S. and Papua New Guinea May Be Only 2 Countries Without Paid Parental Leave. Is It Time to Change That?

U.S. and Papua New Guinea May Be Only 2 Countries Without Paid Parental Leave. Is It Time to Change That?

Presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang declared during Wednesday’s presidential debate that the United States is the only country other than Papua New Guinea not to mandate paid family leave. Several of the Democratic contenders would like to change that, and most Americans seem to agree with them.

There was very little excitement at Wednesday’s fifth Democratic Presidential Debate, but one interesting question did emerge. In response to a question about the high cost of infant daycare, Yang said that the United States and Papua New Guinea are the only two nations without paid maternity leave mandated by law. (The […]

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