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The United States is one of seven countries globally that does not have any guaranteed form of paid leave, the petition states.

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[–] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Idk, seems to me that the continuation of pay was your company being nice:

The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla