“Today marks a tremendous victory for working people, families and businesses in Oregon as Gov. Kate Brown signed into law the nation’s ninth statewide paid family and medical leave program. This latest paid leave win means working Oregonians will no...
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Dispatch from Denver: Sick Rick Goes Viral
by Katie Onachila | Oct 24, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Hi, everyone! I’m Katie, a legal fellow at the National Partnership.
Dispatch from Denver: “Where are We Going to Eat?”
by Rachel Lyons | Oct 20, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
One of the first questions I asked when I hit the ground here in Denver was “Where are we going to eat?”
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Dispatch from Denver: A Letter from Patricia Schroeder
by Sara Sloyer | Oct 19, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Hi, everyone! I want to share a great letter published in the Denver Post this week.
Dispatch from Denver: Eddy and Maria
by Rachel Lyons | Oct 18, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Over the weekend, Sara and I delivered lawn signs to nearly every corner of Denver.
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Dispatch from Denver: Phonebanking
by Sara Sloyer | Oct 18, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
In a place this picturesque, it is hard to believe that some working families are facing grim challenges every day because they don’t have basic paid sick days.
Dispatch from Denver: We’re on TV!
by Rachel Lyons | Oct 18, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Hello again! I wanted to send a quick note to let you know that the Campaign for a Healthy Denver is on TV!
Dispatch from Denver: Krista’s Story
by Rachel Lyons | Oct 17, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Hello from the Mile High City! This is rlyons@nationalpartnership.org, work and family government affairs manager at the National Partnership, reporting live from Denver — home of the Broncos, the unsinkable Molly Brown and, hopefully, the fourth citywide paid sick days law.
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Dispatch from Denver: “Sick Rick”
by Sara Sloyer | Oct 14, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
Hello, PaidSickDays.org! I’m Sara, an intern at the National Partnership for Women & Families and a proud volunteer with the Campaign for a Healthy Denver.
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Dispatches from Denver
by National Partnership Staff | Oct 13, 2011 | Paid Sick Days
This year, we have achieved significant victories in our work to ensure more working people have the right to earn paid sick days.
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Realizing the Full Potential of Health Reform
by Debra L. Ness | Oct 11, 2011 | ACA
When it passed, we recognized the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation.
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On the Right Track: Institute of Medicine’s Essential Benefits Report
by Debra L. Ness | Oct 7, 2011 | Reproductive Rights
America’s women and families want and need confidence that when they buy health insurance, it will cover comprehensive benefits that meet their needs. Thanks to health reform, we may soon get that.
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State Workers Deserve FMLA Protections
by Sarah Crawford | Sep 29, 2011 | Family Medical Leave Act
This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Daniel Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals – a case that could erode the right of millions of women and men to work free from discrimination and to take job-protected, unpaid leave for serious medical conditions.