Paid Leave Is a Priority for Young Workers, But Most Don’t Have Access to It
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Including young workers in advocating for the need for paid leave means deepening the understanding of who young workers are. “A lot of people assume young workers are grateful for any job that they have, and don’t really think of young workers as deserving of good, high-quality jobs that have policies like paying the employee [for] time off or paid family leave,” says Kathy Tran, former senior policy analyst on the youth team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and currently the power-building strategist at the National Collaborative for Transformative Youth Policy.
Source URL: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/paid-leave-priority-young-workers
