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Making Progress on Paid Family and Medical Leave Policies in the South
Virginia aims to be the first Southern state with comprehensive paid family and medical leave, joining Alabama, Georgia, and Texas in recent policy advances in 2026.
- The Small Business Majority held a virtual press conference highlighting paid-leave opportunities, with Virginia poised to become the first Southern state to enact comprehensive PFML.
- Keesa Smith-Brantley said Southern workers should not have to choose between pay and care, and advocates stressed PFML helps maintain income while improving maternal health.
- Featuring advocates, the event highlighted recent paid leave breakthroughs in Georgia and Arkansas, emphasizing benefits for Southern working families and small businesses.
- Recent state advances suggest growing momentum for more Southern paid-leave laws, and advocates urged supporters to sign up with the National Collaborative for Infants & Toddlers at ncit.org.
- Paid leave makes good business sense, experts said, enhancing business and workplace productivity and improving workplace morale for employers and workers.
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Making Progress on Paid Family and Medical Leave Policies in the South
(StatePoint) Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) and paid sick leave help workers maintain their livelihoods while taking care of themselves and their families. And now, several states in the South have begun to expand worker access to these critical…
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