Other experiences with Paid Family and Medical Leave:

• Evelin: Taking time off work to care for her father with kidney failure.

• Selena Allen: Caring for a newborn who faced unexpected medical problems.

• Sharon Ness: Taking time off to care for her father as he battled cancer

• Heidi: Couldn’t afford more than three weeks off, especially with the hospital bills waiting to be paid.

• Jessica: Back at work the second week after the birth of my daughter.

• L.W.: Caring for spouse under California family leave program

• Justin: A new dad

• Nicole: A new mom

• Sean: Caring for dying father

• Meena Rishi, Seattle University

• Professor Ellen Bravo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, to Family and Medical Leave Insurance Work Session and Committee Hearings

• Sharon Ness, RN, to House Commerce Labor Committee

• Marilyn P. Watkins, Ph.D., Policy Director, Economic Opportunity Institute