"[In calculating the number of employers who provide paid family leave, the Bureau of Labor Statistics] requires paid family leave be provided 'in addition to any sick leave, vacation, personal leave, or short-term disability leave that is available to the employee.' This means that when employees take paid leave for family purposes, it doesn't count if it could have been used for another purpose. In the real world, parents with conventional benefit programs often save and pool paid personal leave, vacation, sick leave, and short-term disability in the event of a birth or adoption."

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