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Representative Sigel calls paid family leave a 'moral public investment,' urges adoption
Summary
Representative Sigel told the House Labor & Industry Committee that paid family leave is a moral obligation, argued it would be funded by payroll contributions capped at 1%, and cited $2 billion in annual lost wages for Pennsylvanians forced to take unpaid leave.
Representative Sigel urged passage of paid family leave during remarks to the House Labor & Industry Committee, calling the lack of a statewide program “fundamentally embarrassing.”
"It is a moral public investment deficit that we are the only industrialized country in the world that does not provide this benefit to our citizens," Representative Sigel said, arguing that a…
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