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December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Working People

Providing Income to Unemployed Workers  Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance—enacted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—helped people unable to work due to the pandemic. This included self-employed workers, those seeking part-time employment, or people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for regular unemployment benefits.…

December 13, 2022 | Fact Sheet

Paving a Pathway to Prosperity: Children & Families

Expanding the Child Tax Credit  In 2021, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) lifted 1 million children under 6 and nearly 2 million children between 6 and 17 out of poverty, when using the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The expanded CTC, which disproportionately benefitted Black and Hispanic…

October 14, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Hannah Matthews

Build Back Better Advances Equity for Children and Families

This new fact sheet shows how Build Back Better investments in care—including child care and pre-k, the child tax credit, and paid family and medical leave—will help children and families.

April 15, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Adewale Maye

What Workers Need to Know About COVID-19 Emergency Leave Provisions under the American Rescue Plan Act

While the right to emergency paid leave under FFCRA expired, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) signed into law March 11, 2021, expanded the use of FFCRA emergency paid leave credits for employers. 

March 30, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Nat Baldino

Economic Recovery Must Include Job-Protected Paid Family and Medical Leave

Policymakers have an opportunity in the next economic recovery package to pass inclusive and comprehensive paid leave – like the recently re-introduced Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act – and ensure workers get the most critical components of an equitable and accessible paid leave…

March 29, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Sapna Mehta

Paid Family and Medical Leave and Paid Sick Leave Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP). While it does not reinstate the requirement that employers provide paid leave, it does extend and expand the tax credits to employers who choose to provide paid leave. The tax credits will cover…

February 5, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Adewale Maye

New Data Confirm U.S. Needs a Comprehensive Paid Leave Policy

This fact sheet analyzes data from the most recent survey on workers’ and worksites’ experiences with FMLA. The factsheet highlights some of the disparities for the workers who most desperately need leave—strengthening our case that workers need a comprehensive paid leave policy.  

February 4, 2021 | Fact Sheet | Tanya L. Goldman

FAMILY Act Supports Low-Wage Workers and Their Families

This fact sheet outlines the FAMILY Act, which would establish a federal program giving almost every worker up to 12 weeks of paid leave.

October 5, 2020 | Fact Sheet | Tanya L. Goldman

FFCRA and Paid Leave to Care for a Child

This fact sheet provides information from DOL’s Revised Rule and sub-regulatory guidance on working parents’ rights to COVID-related paid sick days and paid family leave to care for a child whose school is closed or child care provider is unavailable.

September 28, 2020 | Fact Sheet

U.S. DOL Regulation and Guidance on FFCRA’s Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave Provisions

On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), providing some employees up to 10 paid sick days and up to 12 weeks of family leave (with 10 of the weeks paid), in addition to other critical measures. This was the first time Congress required federal paid leave for private sector workers—an important first step in ensuring workers earning low wages…

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