MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Guardian newspaper, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted in favor of the introducing a six-week paid leave unanimously on Tuesday.
"Everytime San Francisco adopts a local pro-worker ordinance, we’re told that it’s going to be the end of the world for businesses. What ends up happening is the state and sometimes even the federal government follows our lead… I’m confident other cities and states will take notice," Scott Wiener, San Francisco supervisor who sponsored the proposal, said, as quoted by the media outlet.
The US federal law allows 12 weeks of unpaid paternal leave. California, Rhode Island and New Jersey, as well as several cities, provide partial pay during the leave.
