family leave
noun
: a usually unpaid leave of absence for an employee to attend to family concerns (such as a serious illness or the care of an infant)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Those priorities would have also provided free pre-kindergarten, low-cost child care, paid family leave and more. 
Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 Gone from the final package: Provisions for free pre-kindergarten, paid family leave, and expanded dental and vision care under Medicare. Joel Mathis, The Week, 9 Aug. 2022 Last December, Manchin, who succeeded Byrd in the Senate, walked away from talks on a $2 trillion measure that would have provided child tax credits, paid family leave, childcare subsidies, Medicare hearing coverage and other social benefits. Alexander Ruoff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Ramthun said paid family leave would help prevent behavioral issues later on in a child's life that could lead to more crime. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2022 Those priorities would have also provided free pre-kindergarten, low-cost child care, paid family leave and more. Arkansas Online, 16 July 2022 This is the background to accusations from some quarters that conference speakers were embracing statist solutions such as national-security tariffs and paid family leave. Kevin Roberts, National Review, 4 Aug. 2022 American parents are up against a lot—a society obsessed with hyperindividualism, a childcare crisis, and Republicans in Congress blocking plans for free pre-K and paid family leave. Glamour, 20 May 2022 Omitted long ago were proposals for universal pre-kindergarten, free community college, national paid family leave, extending child tax credits, affordable housing and dental and vision coverage for seniors. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022 See More
Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 Gone from the final package: Provisions for free pre-kindergarten, paid family leave, and expanded dental and vision care under Medicare. Joel Mathis, The Week, 9 Aug. 2022 Last December, Manchin, who succeeded Byrd in the Senate, walked away from talks on a $2 trillion measure that would have provided child tax credits, paid family leave, childcare subsidies, Medicare hearing coverage and other social benefits. Alexander Ruoff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Ramthun said paid family leave would help prevent behavioral issues later on in a child's life that could lead to more crime. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2022 Those priorities would have also provided free pre-kindergarten, low-cost child care, paid family leave and more. Arkansas Online, 16 July 2022 This is the background to accusations from some quarters that conference speakers were embracing statist solutions such as national-security tariffs and paid family leave. Kevin Roberts, National Review, 4 Aug. 2022 American parents are up against a lot—a society obsessed with hyperindividualism, a childcare crisis, and Republicans in Congress blocking plans for free pre-K and paid family leave. Glamour, 20 May 2022 Omitted long ago were proposals for universal pre-kindergarten, free community college, national paid family leave, extending child tax credits, affordable housing and dental and vision coverage for seniors. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1968, in the meaning defined above