Senate advances paid family leave bill

Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, in the end would not support the bill. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger ​The Vermont Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would allow employees as many as 12 weeks of paid parental or family leave.The paid leave bill, H.196, which won preliminary approval on a voice vote, would allow employees to be paid 70 percent of their wages for a maximum of 12 weeks of combined parental leave, or six weeks of family leave. The state-administered program would be