Will DC’s new paid family leave policy help or hobble business?
1,745 views · Published 22 December 2016 · 9:05 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2016 · News & Politics
The District of Columbia just passed one of the leading paid family leave laws in the country: D.C. parents who work in the private sector can now take eight weeks off at up to 90 percent of their pay. But opinions differ on the law’s economic impacts. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
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