Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act
(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Family and Medical Leave Act became law, 4 in 10 workers aren’t eligible to take temporary, unpaid leave to recover from serious illnesses or to care for new children or sick relatives.
Some who are covered under the law — about 5 percent — say they can’t afford to take the leave when they need it, according to a Labor Department study released this week.
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