A new study released today shows that San Francisco’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance (PSLO) — the first citywide paid sick days standard in the country — has been proven a success.
California Passes the Nation’s Paid Family Leave Test
More than eight years ago, California lawmakers showed a historic commitment to working families in their state by establishing the nation’s first paid family leave program. Earlier this month, six-and-a-half years after the program was implemented, the results of its test are in—and they send a compelling message to employers, workers and lawmakers throughout the country.
New Data a Sobering Reminder that Nation’s Policies are Failing Millions of Workers, Families
Few workplace policies in the United States recognize the dual demands of work and family. Our lack of a paid sick time standard is a prime example.
A Step in the Right Direction
Our country needs more adequate, reasonable and flexible sick leave policies. Tens of millions of workers in this country don’t have a single paid sick day. Many of those who do can’t use them to meet their family’s health needs. As a result, kids and their parents are forced to go to school or work sick, contagion spreads, and public health suffers.
Changing the Game: Workplace Flexibility for All
The National Partnership was pleased to be invited to participate in the National Dialogue on Workplace Flexibility in smaller businesses, sponsored by the White House and U.S. Department of Labor in Dallas, Texas last month. This event was the first of four National Dialogue on Workplace Flexibility events, scheduled for 2010 and 2011. Next up is a regional event in Atlanta next week focused on workplace flexibility in the health care industry.
Heard on the Hill: The Healthy Families Act Promotes Economic Security & Public Health
As Members of Congress campaign for votes at home, the National Partnership for Women & Families and two of our key allies have been hard at work educating Congressional staff about the public health and economic security case for paid sick days policies.
Paid Sick Days – On Hold for Too Long
Throughout the long, hot summer — despite the veto-proof majority in the New York City Council, despite the endless terrible experiences of workers who’ve been forced to work sick, despite the loads of testimony in favor of the Paid Sick Time Act — New York’s proposed paid sick days law has remained in limbo.
New Analysis Suggests Lack of Paid Sick Days May Have Prolonged H1N1 Pandemic
New analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) provides support for what paid sick days advocates have long argued: lack of access to paid sick days means employees are more likely to go to work sick, spread contagious disease, prolong the effects of pandemic illness, and harm the public health.
FMLA: After 17 Years, It's Time to Take the Next Step
The Family and Medical Leave Act turns 17 today.
