Former President Bill Clinton returned to the White House on Thursday and advocated paid family leave. His remarks come days before the 30th anniversary of his signing of the historic Family and Medical Leave Act.
Clinton claimed that although his law was a good starting point in giving people safe time off when they or a family member are sick, it did not go far enough.“There are still a lot of problems that cannot be solved without some form of paid leave,” Clinton said.
"After all these years, I still have more people mention the family leave act to me than any other specific thing I did [as president]," Clinton said during his remarks. Biden signed a memorandum Thursday that called for federal agencies to give employees unpaid leave even if they have worked for the agency for less than a year. Currently, an employee must work for an agency for a year before they gain access to leave, according to the law.
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