family leave
noun
: a usually unpaid leave of absence for an employee to attend to family concerns (such as a serious illness or the care of an infant)
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Employers design benefits around families – offering spousal coverage, dependent tax breaks and family leave.
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Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
In the new survey of parents, roughly 85 percent of Democrats said children would be better off if there were paid family leave, more government funding for child care and after-school care, and more tax credits for families.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Congress also authorized a credit that reimbursed businesses for the wages paid to employees who were on sick or family leave and could not work because of Covid-19.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Like remote work, family leave benefits can also help close the wage gap.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
In the new survey of parents, roughly 85 percent of Democrats said children would be better off if there were paid family leave, more government funding for child care and after-school care, and more tax credits for families.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Congress also authorized a credit that reimbursed businesses for the wages paid to employees who were on sick or family leave and could not work because of Covid-19.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Like remote work, family leave benefits can also help close the wage gap.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Family leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20leave. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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