Job Tenure and Firm Size Provisions Exclude Many Young Parents from Family and Medical Leave

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Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author(s): Heather Boushey; John Schmitt

Research Area: Labor

Keywords: Job-lock; Paid leave; Ethnic workers

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Job tenure and employer-size provisions in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) exclude a significant share of working people. This issue brief uses data from the Current Population Survey to examine job tenure (in years) and firm size for workers by gender, race, age, and presence of a young child (aged 2 or under).