Paid Family Leave and CNN Clinton

Sonam Vashi: Reality Check: Clinton says U.S. is only developed country without paid family leave By Sonam Vashi, CNN Clinton said, "Over the past several decades, women have entered the workforce and boosted our economy, yet we are the only, the only developed country that doesn't provide paid family leave of any kind." Read More The United States is the only developed economy that doesn't pay maternity benefits or family leave, according to a 2014 International Labor Organization report, according to CNN. Most U.S. employees -- about 60% -- are covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act to take 12 work weeks of unpaid leave. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and selected key statements, rating them true; mostly true; true, but misleading; false; or it complicated. But just 13% of workers get paid family leave, according to a 2015 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey. Washington passed a paid parental leave law 10 years ago, but it has been left unfunded. Four states -- California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and New York -- provide guaranteed paid family leave insurance programs, in which employees must pay a premium for benefits. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.