Should family leave act exist?

We already know workers with middle and upper incomes most often benefit from the state’s paid family and medical leave fund. It’s also true that many beneficiaries are repeat users, and that those benefiting more than once have higher wages than one-time users.

I asked the Employment Security Department how many people have filed more than one claim for taxpayer-paid time off, work given the pattern I know with childrearing — kid one and kid two usually come within a few years of each other. Since paid family and medical leave is now five years old, I thought the state would have some data on...