Why everyone has national paid leave but you | Battle Born Bytes
Did you know that there are only six countries in the entire world without a national paid leave law? Now guess if the U.S. is one of the six.
Lol. Lmao, even.
This week, we dive into why nearly every country on earth has paid leave, why the U.S. doesn’t, and whether or not Nevada might join just a handful of states that have created expansive paid leave laws of their own.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - A brief history of national paid leave
07:15 - So is Nevada going to do the thing?
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📰 Stories Mentioned & Source Links 📰
PART 1:
NYT: The Forgotten Origins of Paid Family Leave (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/op...)
Brookings: The history of women’s work and wages (https://www.brookings.edu/articles/th...)
Department of Labor: Working Women: Data from the Past, Present and Future (https://blog.dol.gov/2023/03/15/worki...)
Oyez: General Electric v. Gilbert (https://www.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-1589)
Justia: California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/fede...)
Department of Labor: Family and Medical Leave Act (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla)
NPR: Paid family leave gets slashed as Democrats try to reach consensus on spending plan (https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/105029...)
KFF: Paid Leave in the U.S. (https://www.kff.org/womens-health-pol...)
Nevada Independent: Nevada lawmakers want state workers to get 8 weeks of paid family leave each year (https://thenevadaindependent.com/arti...)
NYT: The World ‘Has Found a Way to Do This’: The U.S. Lags on Paid Leave (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/25/up...)
PART 2:
NELIS: Assembly Bill 388, 83rd Legislative Session (https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS...)
Nevada Independent: Lombardo Veto Tracker: Governor sets new record with 75 vetoes (https://thenevadaindependent.com/arti...)
Nevada Independent: Amended A’s stadium bill would restrict location, resurrect two vetoed bills (https://thenevadaindependent.com/arti...)