"The latest Democratic paid sick leave plan -- The Healthy Families Act -- would allow many employees to earn up to a week of paid leave for a variety of reasons.... The FAMILY Act would create a national insurance fund to provide 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to workers for pregnancies, the birth or adoption of a child, to recover from a serious illness, or to care for a seriously ill family member.... [Two Republican senators] are championing the [CRADLE] Act, which would enable new parents to receive up to three months of paid parental leave. The catch: employees would agree to postpone access to Social Security Benefits for a certain period of time in order to fund the benefit."  MORE >>