WASHINGTON — Faced with the possibility that a paid family and medical leave proposal could be cut from spending legislation, allies of the White House are trying to salvage it by offering a compromise that would initially give workers four or six weeks off.
The plan that is under discussion would scale up over 10 years to the 12 weeks that President Joe Biden originally proposed and advocates of the policy continue to support.
Workers would have as much as 85 percent of their wages replaced — just as they do in Biden’s proposal — if they take time off to care for a newborn, ailing family member, sick child or their own severe or long-term illnesses.
