Interview with Terrelene Massey Director of the Southwest Women's Law Center on efforts to pass the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act in the 2024 legislative session.
After a year and a half of COVID worries, a new poll shows that a majority of New Mexicans support some form of state subsidized family and medical leave. But how would such a program work? And how would it affect small businesses?
Democrats in Congress have reintroduced a bill that would create a national paid leave program, covering two thirds of people's wages for up to 60 days a year. But small business owners are wary.