GLOBAL PAYROLL MAGAZINE
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“During the recent pandemic, there was a temporary FMLA requirement to pay workers under some conditions for time off taken, but the law no longer has that provision.”
There have been other attempts in the U.S. to adopt paid leave laws, but these efforts generally have been met with strong opposition stating it would cause job instability in the market. It wasn’t until 1993, when President Clinton signed into law the very first national Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), that businesses employing 50 or more individuals were required to provide 12 weeks annually of job protection for those employees who have been at their job a year or longer.
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