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Elizabeth Warren: the United States is the only high-income country not to require paid family and medical leave, and the result is…

On the recordJuly 29, 2014
the United States is the only high-income country not to require paid family and medical leave, and the result is dismal.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the lack of paid family leave in the U.S. compared to other countries.

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