March 2025 PFL News

Here are quick headlines related to paid family leave in March 2025.

Virginia Gov. Younkin vetoed a paid family leave bill. (MSN) The measure would have established a PFL fund (similar to other state programs) and provided partial wage replacement to eligible employees for up to 12 weeks during time off work to care for a loved one, bond with a newborn, or recover from a serious health condition.

Pennsylvania lawmakers weigh whether to provide paid family leave at a cost of an estimated $3.9 billion tax on workers. (TN Online)

In Colorado, auditors found “material weaknesses” in the Department of Labor and Employment’s management of its paid family leave program, including failing to ensure that employer registered for the program and not properly tracking $127 million owed to employers exempted from the program. (CPR).

North Carolina lawmakers propose a paid family leave bill. (AOL)

Minnesota lawmakers debate changes to paid family leave law, including whether to reduce the amount of paid leave from 12 weeks to six for businesses with 60 or fewer employees. (KFGO)

Chobani offers new birthparents up to 18 weeks of paid family leave (MSN).

An opinion piece questions New York’s cap of $170/week on its SDI program, established in 1989. (Long Island Press)

Alabama bill provides up to eight weeks of paid family leave to state employees and teachers. (Shelby County Reporter)

Iowa passes law providing up to four weeks of paid family leave to state employees. (The Gazette)

The New Mexico legislature declines to enact a bill that would provide up to six weeks of paid family leave to workers. (Albequerque Journal)

Mississippi enacts bill to provide up to six weeks of paid leave to primary caregivers who are state employees. (Star Herald)