TCI program family leave extended, but can workers afford to use it?

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SHIFTING GEARS: Brown University School of Public Health doctoral candidate Alison Weber says lawmakers in favor of extending Rhode Island’s paid family leave program from eight weeks to 12 should focus on expanding the definition of care from spouse and child to include grandchildren and siblings. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO
SHIFTING GEARS: Brown University School of Public Health doctoral candidate Alison Weber says lawmakers in favor of extending Rhode Island’s paid family leave program from eight weeks to 12 should focus on expanding the definition of care from spouse and child to include grandchildren and siblings. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Employees in Rhode Island needing to care for a newborn or a seriously ill spouse or child will be getting more paid time off from their job to do so in the coming years. Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed a bill in June that will increase the amount of paid family leave under the state’s

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