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Workers in the United States, unlike those from nearly every other nation, do not have the right to receive paid leave when they have a child, when they are ill or when they have to take care of a relative who is sick. What’s more, the United States stands alone among developed economies in not providing paid time off for workers.
Today, most U.S. families no longer have a stay-at-home parent. In the typical household, parents — or one parent in single-parent families — are in the labor force. This means that when a child comes into the family, or when a family member becomes ill and needs someone to help them, there is no one available to provide that care. Someone needs to take time off work.
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