Iowa family advocates call for more paid leave

(KMAland) — Iowa working family advocates are calling on lawmakers to expand a measure that provides paid leave for state employees who are sick or taking care of loved ones.

But the measure does not extend to tens of thousand of other Iowans who are forced to take unpaid time off from their jobs or go to work sick.

Iowa House File 889 made up to four weeks of paid leave available for a birth parent and a week for a spouse…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS