b'ADVANCING LEADERSHIP ON PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVEHelping People Care for Their Families 47Our members currently empower employers%to provide paid family and medical leave to their employees. As more lawmakers begin to understand our industrys role in insuring paidof full-time civilian leave and our expertise in administering leave forworkers can receive employers, we can get to a place where morepaid leave under their Americans benefit from paid leave options. employers short-term disability plansLeading the ConversationACLIs newly formed GIEC PFML tax force is developing innovative policy proposals to enable the industry to offer more private industry PFML solutions. ACLI has established a working group to examine the withholding and information reporting impacts of state PFML programs. Were making sure our members have the information necessary for proper compliance with any legislative or regulatory changes at the federal and state levels. The White House Summit on Caregiving and Family Leave, held in December 2019, demonstrated the rising interest in this important issue. Whether it means taking care of aging parents or taking time to fully bond with a newborn or adopted child, its important that employees are allowed time to fully embrace their role in their family in a financially viable way, just as they embrace their role in their company.12 ACLI2019 ANNUAL REVIEW'