family leave

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noun

a leave of absence from work in order to have or take care of a baby or to care for an ailing family member.

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Origin of family leave

First recorded in 1990–95

Poor and low-income Americans voted in historic numbers in 2020, but they have not seen their hopes for living wages, affordable housing, health care and paid family leave fulfilled in 2021.
What Low-Wage Workers Understand About the True Meaning of Christmas|William J. Barber II|December 20, 2021|Time
US Congress has approved a potentially history-making paid family leave plan as part of a larger social spending bill.
US paid family leave, explained|Lila MacLellan|November 12, 2021|Quartz
He recently lauded states that “give” workers paid family leave and are “offering” paid sick days.
Why Obama’s Plan for Working Moms Just Won’t Work|Cathy Reisenwitz|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Extended family leave from work in case of pregnancy or illness.
Memo to the South: Go Ahead, Secede Already!|Lee Siegel|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Half-way around the world and almost three generations later, the sectarianism that made my family leave Lebanon still follows me.
This Islamophobe Is An Arab-American Christian Like Me|Anna Lekas Miller|September 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Just as the meal is over, and the family leave the dining-room, the convent bells begin to ring.
Our Little Porto Rican Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
This did not leave much time for self-improvement, nor did the wants of the family leave any money to spend on books.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie|Andrew Carnegie
A fresh notch is cut in the wall of his winter home when the family leave it for their summer's travels.
Our Little Eskimo Cousin|Mary Hazleton Wade
The whole family leave their abode of snow when the sun is strong enough to partially melt its roof.
True Bear Stories|Joaquin Miller
But their claim may be lost if the entire family leave it and go elsewhere.
Fetichism in West Africa|Robert Hamill Nassau