Teachers Share How Much Paid Parental Leave They Receive
Teachers share how much paid parental leave they get
The issue of parental and family leave has been in the headlines in recent weeks as President Biden pushes to create a national standard for paid family and medical leave. And a recent social media campaign for #showusyourleave highlighted the dire state of affairs for family vacations in the United States. Nine states and the District of Columbia require some level of paid parental leave, but federal law only guarantees new parents six weeks of unpaid leave. Not all workers qualify, and we were curious: what does Teacher what does parental leave look like? We conducted an informal survey on social media and the results are disturbing, to say the least. Of the more than 600 correspondents, 60 percent stated that they received no time off outside of sick or private days. ...