Paid Family Leave: A Californian initiative that provides residents with partial pay in order for them to attend to a sick family member or following the birth of a child.

A study by Arno and colleagues based on HRS longitudinal data examined the long-term economic effects on workers who either reduced their hours at the job or left the workplace before full retirement.
Paid family leave is currently how all other advanced economies resolve infant care, often with paid leaves for one or both parents of several months to a year or even more.

The Family and MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE Leave Act , the only existing federal leave policy in the U.S., guarantees eligible employees of covered employers twelve weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for specified family or medical reasons.
But there are problems with the FMLA leading to unequal access and low rates of usage.
FMLA issues add a narrow definition of family, requirement that businesses granting leave have significantly more than 50 employees, and, most of all, the point that leave under FMLA is unpaid, and for that reason burdensome for individuals who cannot afford the loss of wages.
The law pertains to public agencies and private employers with 50 or more employees.
Opponents of a national paid sick mandate generally contend a mandate isn’t necessary because many employers already provide these benefits or that it ought to be a voluntary benefit.