1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act or the FAMILY Act . 2. Findings and purpose (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In more than two-thirds of families with children, all adults in the household work. Six in 10 family caregivers report working at jobs unrelated to their care responsibilities and more than half report working full time. Without paid family and medical leave, many workers are unable to take time away from work to care for newborn children, ill or aging parents and relatives, or themselves. (2) Both women and men need to be able to take time off work to participate in the care of their children, in the care of seriously ill family members, and to address their own serious health conditions. Yet, a mere 14 percent of workers in the United States have access to paid family leave through their employers, and fewer than 40 percent have access to short-term disability insurance provided by their employer to use for their own illnesses. (3) Many workers cannot afford to take unpaid time off work to provide care. According to the Department of Labor, nearly half of workers who qualified for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) in 2011 were unable to take the leave because they could not afford to take time off without pay. Six in 10 workers who took partially paid or unpaid leave reported difficulty making ends meet