Family Security Insurance
Strengthening Economic Security for Working Families
In the 21st century, nearly every American will at some point in their lives need time off from work to address personal illness, to care for a new child, or to care for a loved one with a serious illness. The need for time off is no longer an issue for individual families or select industries, but a national priority that has major social and economic implications.
Family Security Insurance: A New Foundation for Economic Security provides a blueprint for establishing and financing a new national insurance program to provide wage replacement for time off for health and caregiving needs.
Developed by Georgetown Law's Workplace Flexibility 2010 and the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security at UC Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley CHEFS), this report describes how Family Security Insurance would fundamentally reform social policy to address workers' critical needs-and at the same time, spread the cost fairly, protect the deficit, and keep people working.
