Florida Senator Marco Rubio calls it a conservative solution for paid family leave for working American families.
Florida's senator will be joined by fellow Republican, Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner, on Thursday afternoon to introduce their new "parental leave" legislation.
“It is estimated that just over one in 10 workers receives paid family leave from their employers,” the politicians wrote in a statement, “and those who do tend to be in highly paid and educated professions.”
The bill proposes that, instead of mandating that employers cover family leave, or using taxes to pay for it, parents would have the option to pull a portion of their future Social Security benefits to finance paid parental leave” after the birth or adoption of a child.
Another solution to America’s absence of paid family leave was proposed in the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act in early 2017.
The FAMILY Act would guarantee both family and paid medical leave to workers through a social insurance program modeled after a California policy which provides 12 weeks of paid leave.