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Title: In Paid Family Leave, U.S. Trails Most of the Globe Date: Feb. 22, 2012 Source: New York Times Author: Tara Siegel Bernard

*Summary: *It is no secret that when it comes to paid parental leave, the United States is among the least generous in the world, ranking down with the handful of countries that don’t offer any paid leave at all, among them Liberia, Suriname and Papua New Guinea.

*Link*: http://nyti.ms/XYncds