The Paid Leave Trump Doesn't Want You to Know About

Since the pandemic started, Marcella Kocolatos has been receiving calls from hundreds of distressed parents each month — an up to 400 percent increase from last year. They flood the legal hotline she runs for the family-rights organization A Better Balance, worried that they won’t be able to keep their jobs while looking after their kids, and will be forced to somehow survive without a paycheck. Kocolatos says they are shocked and relieved to hear that as caregivers, they might qualify for up to 12 weeks of paid leave because of a coronavirus-related law the federal government passed in March. But she worries about all the people who will never find out, in large part because the Trump administration has done very little to inform them.

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