According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, paid leave benefits are the most widely available benefits offered by employers, with 91 percent of full-time workers in private industry receiving paid vacations.
In private industry, paid vacation benefits were only available to 37 percent of part-time workers; however, paid sick leave was available to 75 percent of full-time workers and 27 percent of part-time workers.
Income disparities were also present in leave benefits. Paid vacations were available to 90 percent of workers earning wages in the highest 10th percent of private industry employees, but to only 38 percent of workers in the lowest 10 percent of private industry wage earners. Access to paid sick leave benefits ranged from 21 percent for the lowest wage category to 87 percent for the highest wage category.
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