American Action Forum: Estimating the Costs of President Biden's COVID-19 Paid Leave Proposal
January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The American Action Forum issued the following news release:
President Biden is proposing to extend and expand paid sick, family, and medical leave, which is estimated to cover an additional 68 to 106 million private-sector workers plus 2 million federal workers. In a new analysis, AAF's Director of Human Welfare Policy Tara O'Neill Hayes calculates how much these benefits would cost to the federal government and large employers.
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President Biden is proposing to extend and expand paid sick, family, and medical leave, which is estimated to cover an additional 68 to 106 million private-sector workers plus 2 million federal workers. In a new analysis, AAF's Director of Human Welfare Policy Tara O'Neill Hayes calculates how much these benefits would cost to the federal government and large employers.
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