45th Anniversary Gala Dinner to be Held on Wednesday, June 8
Give workers much-needed relief: Paid sick time – Chicago Sun-Times Magazine
The National Partnership for Women and Families says workers with sick days are 28 percent less likely to be injured on the job.
Small Ohio Town Passes Progressive Parental Leave Policy – NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish interviews National Partnership Vice President Vicki Shabo.
Gender Equality in U.S. Jobs Might Not Be as Bad as You Think – Bloomberg
“The U.S. is woefully behind when it comes to family-friendly policies like paid maternity leave, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, when it comes to some measure of recognition about women’s leadership,” said Vicki Shabo, a vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “I think that has real consequences for how women are able to get into and advance in the workplace and in the economy.”
An ‘Economic Lifeline for Millions is Finally Restored’ Thanks to Final Overtime Rule
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Final EEOC Rule Sets Limits For Financial Incentives On Wellness Programs – Kaiser Health News
“This could coerce employees into providing information that they would otherwise not provide about their health,” said Sarah Fleisch Fink, senior policy counsel with the National Partnership on Women & Families, which was among dozens of groups that wrote comment letters seeking changes in the draft rule.
Creating ‘Opportunities to Discriminate’ Women’s Leader Concerned About New EEOC Rules Governing Wellness Programs
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘We Remain Optimistic’ that Courts Will Reject Attacks on Contraceptive Coverage, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘A Historic Step Forward in Stopping Sex Discrimination in Health Care’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
User experience better on exchange websites, but more improvement needed – FierceHealthPayer
It is becoming easier for consumers to evaluate Affordable Care Act health insurance plans online, though more could be done to enhance the user experience on the exchange websites, according to a report from the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Every Office Needs a 79 Percent Clock – The Daily Best
Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, advised MTV on the policy issues and research studies relevant to the issue of gender-based pay quality. “The 79 percent number is known, but people don’t always consider the consequences. Reducing the median American income by $10,700 for women translates into 83 weeks of food, or 11 months of rent, or nine years of birth control,” she told The Daily Beast.
These Are The Best And Worst Places In The U.S. To Be A Working Mother – FastCompany
Data for these metrics was drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Child Care Aware of America, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Council for Community and Economic Research, National Partnership for Women & Families, and WalletHub’s own research.
10 inspiring moms changing the world for other moms and children – SheKnows.com
Making progress for women and families is at the heart of Vicki Shabo’s inspiration. As the vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, she’s doing just that as she works to create a more family-friendly and fair America.
Best Mother’s Day gift: paid maternity leave – Miami Herald Magazine
When Yalimar Panell gave birth to twin daughters, she felt sore from her Cesarean section, exhausted from running back and forth to the neonatal unit, and oddly grateful that her husband was unemployed and able to help. Yet, if it wasn’t for her employer offering 16 weeks of paid parental leave, Panell says she would have been less grateful and more frantic about the financial stress on her family.
How Our Country Fails Black Women and Girls – Elle
Black women work more than all other women, but reap fewer economic rewards. According to a December 2015 report by the National Partnership for Women and Families, a state by state analysis shows black women’s wages range from 48 to 69 cents for every dollar paid to white men.
The Pay Gap Is Costing Women $500 Billion Per Year – Mother Jones
“It is unacceptable that the wage gap has persisted, punishing the country’s women and families for decades,” wrote Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership, in a press release. “At a time when women’s wages are so critical to the economic well-being of families, the country is counting on lawmakers to work together to advance strong, fair and family friendly workplace policies that would promote equal pay.”
The Gender Wage Gap Costs America’s Women Nearly $500 Billion Per Year, New Equal Pay Day Study Finds
If the Gap Were Closed, Each Woman Could Afford Food for 1.6 Years, Seven More Months of Mortgage and Utilities, or 11 More Months of Rent
Ness Praises ‘Smart, Compassionate’ Move by California Lawmakers to Expand State’s Paid Family Leave Program, Warns We Must Not Become ‘Two Nations’ When It Comes to Family Friendly Workplace Policies
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How the Tech Industry’s Women Problem Is Advancing Paid Family Leave – Bloomberg
Last week, Twitter became the latest tech company to announce an expanded parental leave policy, offering all new parents 20 weeks of paid time off. The tech industry seems to be leading the way among industries offering robust family leave—something most Americans don’t have access to—and it may be thanks to a counterintuitive factor: The industry’s notable lack of women.
Paid parental leave: Finally coming to America? – CBS Moneywatch
“I’m optimistic that in not too long the U.S. will join the rest of the world,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. “We are the only high-wealth developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid paternity leave, and one of two that doesn’t offer sick leave to workers. Of the whole world, we’re one of two countries — us and Papua New Guinea — that don’t guarantee paid leave for new moms.” Shabo cited a survey of 185 nations by the International Labour Organization.
