PFML: A Corporate Asset

By Terri L. Rhodes, CCMP, CLMS, CPDM, MBA

CEO, DMEC

One year ago federal paid family and medical leave (PFML) couldn’t get the attention of our legislators, but then COVID-19 happened and everything changed. While the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expired on Dec. 31, 2020, there was an extension of tax credits and incentives through Mar. 31, 2021. The recent American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 further extended that date to Sept. 30, 2021.

However, the question still lingers; what will it take for Congress to pass a permanent PFML bill?

State PFML programs continue to expand. 15 states have pending legislation, and three states are looking to expand existing law. Colorado didn’t wait for its legislature to act; it put the issue on the ballot in November 2020, and it passed.

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