An unfair limitation in the Family and Medical Leave Act means that married couples who happen to work for the same employer have to share their allotment of FMLA leave. The FAIR Leave Act would fix this marriage penalty for the nearly 5 million people who are affected.
The latest employment data reveal that Trump’s economy is also harming disabled workers, with disabled women of color particularly feeling the effects.
To mark Black History Month, we’re taking a look at how Black women are faring in the economy – and the situation is not good. The first year of the Trump administration undercut protections for workers, with particular impacts for Black women workers.
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released vital economic data for the month of November. The numbers show a continuation of the trend we’ve seen throughout the year – dramatically slow job growth beginning to turn into losses, particularly in industries...
Just over 25 million workers still can’t earn a single paid sick day to stay home when they’re battling the flu or take their kid to a doctor’s appointment. This is unsustainable for working caregivers amid and the Trump administration’s attacks on women in our economy.
Social Security is the foundation of economic security for people in the United States, particularly women of color. Here are three facts you should know about Social Security at 90 – and one awful lie that the Trump administration and its billionaire cronies are desperate for you to believe.
Caring for our loved ones and neighbors is critical, important work that our families and communities depend on – and the economic impact of this work is enormous. Americans’ unpaid care is valued at more than $1.1 trillion a year – and women do almost two-thirds of the work.
If Pennsylvania enacted a paid leave program, fewer poor health days for workers would also translate to a positive impact on productivity.
Even if retirement feels out of reach, younger Americans can’t afford to ignore the GOP’s coordinated effort to sabotage Social Security from the inside out.
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released annual data about disabled people in the U.S. workforce showing a continued upward trend through 2024. However, inequities remain for disabled people, particularly disabled women and disabled people of color, and threats from the Trump administration could threaten this progress.
It’s another Friday Jobs Day, and women are holding strong! Unemployment rates in September remained stable or decreased for women overall (3.7 percent in August vs. 3.6 percent in September), Black women (5.5 percent vs 5.3 percent), Latinas (5.0 percent vs. 4.8...
If your kid woke up with a cough and fever, would you be able to take time off to visit urgent care, or have to show up at your work shift so you don't get fired? If you came down with flu or COVID, could you stay home to recover or would that mean missing a paycheck...
School has started and a soft landing still seems possible. New #JobsDay data continues to show a slowing job market with some bright spots for women, but continuing struggles for teachers.
We might be boiling in this record heat wave, but the economy is starting to cool. Inflation might be inching down, but new #JobsDay data shows a slowing job market, with some yellow flags for the care economy.
People in the U.S. do more than $1 trillion in unpaid caregiving annually. Asian women and Latinas do the most unpaid caregiving per capita of any group.
Gender justice requires identifying and addressing inequities for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQI+) people.
Which states have the most to gain from investments like paid leave? We crunched the numbers in our Paid Leave Means A Stronger Nation fact sheet series – a state-by-state look at the growing need for paid family and medical leave laws.
Recent budget proposals by the Biden administration and Republicans in Congress show how the two parties plan to support – or not – women and families.
Many don’t realize the gender wage gap continues to impact women beyond working years. With longer life expectancies than men, the gender wage gap quickly turns into a retirement income gap, meaning women have fewer resources to stretch over longer periods when they may be unable to work or more vulnerable to health complications.
The United States is still a country of haves and have nots when it comes to essential family-supporting benefits like paid family leave.
