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Publication Date: August 2007
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Tim Kane
Research Area: Labor
Keywords: Economy; Paid leave; economic freedom; labor regulation
Type: Speech
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Congress should not use the conventional European approach to labor markets unless it also wishes to invite European levels of unemployment. The idea of mandatory paid leave is especially problematic. By mandating more benefits in new labor regulation, Congress will be basically giving American workers a pay cut.