Sheryl Sandberg calls for paid family leave, higher minimum wage in Mother’s Day post
“Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, is calling for new policies to benefit women in the U.S. including paid family leave and a higher minimum wage. ‘To start, it’s long past time to raise the federal minimum wage. Two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. Raising the wage would reduce pay inequality and help millions of families living in or near poverty,’ Sandberg wrote in a Mother’s Day post. Sandberg advocated for paid family leave for all parents following a child’s birth. ‘The United States is one of the only developed countries in the world that doesn’t guarantee paid family leave – and we’re the only developed country in the world without paid maternity leave. That means many moms are forced to return to work right after giving birth to keep their jobs,’ Sandberg wrote in her Facebook post. ‘They deserve more support. So do dads, LGBTQ parents, adoptive parents — families of all kinds. We shouldn’t have to risk losing a job or being able to meet the basic needs of our families to do that.’”