The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ensures unpaid family leave for about 60% of the US workforce. Starting in late 2020, the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act signed by President Trump will grant 12 weeks of paid leave to federal employees. An estimated 12% of private-sector workers in the US have access to paid family leave through their employers. An analysis of 41 OECD and European Union countries found that the United States is the only nation without a national paid maternity leave policy.

Sources:

Kaiser Family Foundation, "Paid Family and Sick Leave in the U.S.," kff.org, Jan. 28, 2020

UNICEF, "Are the World's Richest Countries Family Friendly?," unicef-irc.org, June 2019

US Department of Labor, "DOL Factsheet: Paid Family and Medical Leave," dol.gov, June 2015

US Department of Labor, "Family and Medical Leave Act," dol.gov (accessed Mar. 26, 2020)