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Currently, state employees who have a baby are not granted paid parental leave. Instead, the worker must use accumulated vacation or sick time. They can also take unpaid time off under the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

Paid parental leave for state employees and a bill to make diapers, pads and tampons cheaper are both on the docket this week.

Oxfam America, a nonprofit organization working to end poverty, tracked how states and territories protect, support and pay workers.

Dallas officials have proposed making more than 8,000 city employees eligible for five days of paid leave if they experience a traumatic event.

Supporters say Senate Bill 14 will make it easier for businesses to operate in multiple cities. Opponents call it an "existential threat to Texas workers.鈥�

A Texas judge issued an injunction Monday night against the city of Dallas鈥� sick leave ordinance, finding that the local measure runs afoul of federal and鈥�

A petition to let Dallas voters decide whether employers across the city should be required to give employees paid sick leave fell short. Now, organizers鈥�

Dallas voters may have the chance to weigh in on whether workers across the city get paid when they鈥檙e too sick to work.A coalition of Texas-based鈥�

In Texas, 40 percent of workers don't have access to paid sick leave, according to the Institute for Women鈥檚 Policy Research. That鈥檚 true for half of all鈥�

Tricia Olson gave birth to her son and was back on the job three weeks later. Like most Americans, she doesn't get paid family leave, and she's among the 40 percent who don't qualify for unpaid leave.