This editorial first appeared in the (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star.
Only 12 percent of private sector workers have access to paid family leave, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That extremely low number makes Gov. Eric Holcomb’s decision to provide paid parental leave to state employees an even more important step in the right direction.
Holcomb on Dec. 11 signed an executive order providing up to four weeks of paid leave for executive branch employees to spend time with newborns or newly adopted children.