In 2015, tech giants Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon all announced paid family leave programs for their employees. Many speculated that this would start a paid leave arms race among top employers. It didn’t… the move was more flash in the pan than watershed.
‘Senate Confirmation of Gorsuch a Serious Setback for the Country’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
All in the FAMILY: Small Businesses Support National Paid Leave Program
The online poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of Small Business Majority and the Center for American Progress, found that a vast 7 in 10 owners and operators of small businesses support the recently reintroduced Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act.
‘Shocking – Destructive – Harmful’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Republicans Prep Regulatory War on Women’s Health-Care Benefits – Rewire – Rewire News Group
The birth control benefit warrants a closer look because HHS doesn’t merely need to write it out of the HRSA guidelines. As National Partnership for Women & Families Vice President Sarah Lipton-Lubet warned, the administration could pull “multiple levers” to get rid of it.
Here’s Why Equal Pay Day Matters Most To Millennials – Forbes – Forbes
“This analysis shows just how damaging that lost income can be for women and their families, as well as the economy and the businesses that depend on women’s purchasing power,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Women Face A Pay Gap In Every Single State. Here’s Where It’s Worst. – Huffington Post – Huffington Post
“Equal Pay Day is a painful reminder that women in this country have had to work more than three months into this year just to catch up with what men were paid last year,” National Partnership President Debra L. Ness said in a statement with the analysis.
Everyone should have a shot at paid family leave
But paid family leave isn’t just critical for public health, it’s also critical for a healthy economy. Paid family leave increases labor-force participation for both men and women, encouraging parents to stay in the workforce after they have a child or when they need time away to care for a loved one.
Equal Pay Day Should be a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Congress to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
On ‘Equal Pay Day,’ fight over gender wage gap rages on – McClatchy – DC Bureau – McClatchy DC
For Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the issue of equal pay affects nearly every aspect of women’s lives. The gender wage gap “makes it hard to pay mortgage and rent, and has real practical implications for women’s ability to take care of themselves and their families,” Shabo said.
For Equal Pay Day, New State-by-State Analysis Shows Terrible Toll Gender Wage Gap Takes on America’s Women and Families
If the Gap Were Closed, Women Could Afford Food for 1.5 More Years, Seven More Months of Mortgage Payments, 11 More Months of Rent, or 15 More Months of Child Care
Senate Judiciary Committee Vote is ‘Alarming,’ Women’s Leader Says, Urging Senate to Reject Gorsuch
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Moms turn to crowdfunding to pay for maternity leave
The trend of maternity crowdfunding is pointing to a need for better federal paid maternity leave policies that help women take the necessary time they need when they have a child,” Sara Margulis, CEO of Honeyfund.com, said. Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, agrees. “This is evidence of our failure as a nation to adopt policies that provide the basic supports that all workers need at some point in their lives and nearly every other country provides.
Senate Vote to Dismantle Title X Rule is ‘Shameful, Painful Blow to Women’s Health,’ Ness Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
It’s Time To Level The Playing Field
I think we can all agree that becoming a caregiver, whether to a new baby or a family member, is a huge undertaking. As an executive business leader of a highly successful tech company, and mother to four, I know what it’s like to make decisions about time management, finances, and spending time with your family. It’s not easy.
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Paid Leave, But Don’t Agree on How to Pay for It – Working Mother – Working Mother
“That’s likely a result of American individualism and a greater familiarity with employers providing–or, more often, not providing–this kind of support. That’s the framework most people are used to in this country,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Failure of ‘Truly Atrocious’ Health Care Bill Is a ‘Victory for Women’s Health’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
The GOP’s Health Care Plan Would Seriously Raise the Cost of Having a Baby – TIME Money – TIME
“It’s a back-door form of discrimination,” says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. “If you take away the requirement around what the plans have to cover, and women can’t get the same plans as men at an affordable price, then you really can’t say it’s not discriminatory.”
Who’s paying for family leave? In many cases, taxpayers
About 8 of 10 workers who took leave and received either no or a portion of their pay said they had to cut back on spending to make ends meet…[a]cross all incomes, almost 2 out of 10 leave-takers went on public assistance. Low-income workers feel the most pain when it comes to figuring out how to pay for leave…[a]lmost half delayed paying their bills and went on public assistance.
Why Americans like paid family and medical leave but can’t agree on the details
Juliana Horowitz, associate director of research for Pew… said it wasn’t hard to find agreement that paid family leave is a positive thing. “Americans think the overall impact on families and individuals and the economy would be mostly positive. The disagreement really comes on how to provide it, who should provide it and who should be eligible for it.”
