LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A measure expanding paid family leave in the Silver State is just one of the measures up for debate this legislative session. Some Southern Nevadans hope to make the case for Assembly Bill 388 at a hearing in Carson City on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
It would require 12 weeks of paid family leave a year for certain public and private employees who work at entities with 50 or more employees. The measure covers maternity and paternity leave, including for newly placed foster children or in the event of a miscarriage. It even considers recovery time from stalking and domestic violence. AB 388 would also help people who take care of sick loved ones.
Erika Washington, the executive director of the non-profit “Make it Work Nevada,” plans to testify on behalf of Assembly Bill 388 in Carson City. “We have folks who have family members who have long-term illnesses that cause them to have to go into the hospital on a regular basis. That’s really hard for a job to be able to swallow someone being gone so often. So, they’ve had to leave their jobs, or they’ve had to just not work at all,” she explained to News 3’s Latoya Silmon. Washington believes that forces some people into a cycle of poverty. “It’s almost like you have to hit the lottery with a good job in order to live any version of the American dream,” she went on to say…