“Today’s actions from the Labor Department and the FAR Council are good news for workers, taxpayers and the nation—and a major step forward in ensuring only companies that abide by our nation’s labor laws get federal contracts,” Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“Understanding patient and family needs, values and preferences is critical to designing care and implementing changes that improve outcomes and the experience of care and reduce costs,” said Jennifer Sweeney, vice president at the National Partnership for Women and Families
In 1993, when the FMLA finally passed, Republican Representative John Boehner, serving his first term in Congress, predicted it would cause the “demise” of U.S. business. “People thought we were crazy, verging on communism, it was going to be the end of free enterprise,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
A Dozen Diverse Consumer Groups Send Comments to CMS
“What the secretary has done has started an important conversation about leave policies,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington D.C.
“We would love to see the U.S. Congress catch up with where the nation’s top businesses have ended up,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, called the announcement “groundbreaking.” She wrote: “The company won’t be party to poverty wages and practices that force workers to choose between job and family. This may well be what a tipping point looks like.”
“Corporate America is beginning to step forward to adopt these policies – in Facebook’s case, by saying the company won’t be party to poverty wages and practices that force workers to choose between job and family,” Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said in a statement.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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“Facebook’s extraordinary announcement marks the dawn of a new day in this country,” said National Partnership for Women & Families President Debra Ness.
Facebook’s plan “goes beyond anything we have seen,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy group. “This is corporate responsibility in the 21st century at its best.”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
In a letter to Postmaster General and CEO Megan Brennan, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the National Partnership for Women & Families called the current requirements “outdated, unfair and potentially illegal.”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
(Statistics provided by Childbirth Connection, a program of the National Partnership for Women & Families)
(Document and recommendations endorsed by the National Partnership for Women & Families)
In a letter to Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the National Partnership for Women & Families said, “The Postal Service continues to maintain a legally indefensible position that allows for discriminatory treatment against its own employees.”