family leave
Social Security and Family Leave: What’s the connection?
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has proposed The Economic Security for New Parents Act which would allow new parents to pull forward Social Security benefits to finance paid parental leave in exchange for having their retirement delayed by three to six months…
The Impact of Using Social Security as a Means to Fund Family Leave
Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s several weeks ago floated an idea to enable workers to take two months of family leave and fund it via Social Security, calling it a “budget neutral” proposal. In response, the nonpartisan Urban Institute conducted a study that gauges…
Opposition Mounting for Rubio/Wagner Family Leave Initiatives
Paid family leave is becoming a pretty hot topic in Washington, with opposition being expressed in response to Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s “Economic Security for New Parents Act” (see our post yesterday on this subject) and a similar bill being prepared…