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New Beginning: Fixing Our Broken Health Care System Starts Now
by Debra L. Ness | Mar 30, 2010 | ACA
It’s done. Health reform is now the law of the land. Your hard work has paid off, and you should feel proud.
For Today, Hooray!
by Debra L. Ness | Mar 22, 2010 | ACA
Your hard work is paying off. Last night, the House of Representatives said ‘yes’ to improving health care in our country.
How Much is the Wage Gap Costing Your Family?
by Sharyn Tejani | Mar 12, 2010 | Fair Pay
Eight months of groceries. That is what the wage gap is costing women and their families. Don’t believe it? Do the math.
Next Up: Paid Sick Days for 30 Million Workers
by Rachna Choudhry | Mar 4, 2010 | Paid Sick Days
It’s hard to believe, but the sick truth is tens of millions of workers in the good ole U. S. of A. don’t have a single paid sick day.
Setting the Record Straight: Best Kept Secrets about Health Reform
by Christine Monahan | Feb 24, 2010 | Maternal Health
Between President Obama issuing a new proposal on health insurance reform on Monday and the White House Health Care Summit Thursday, the beat marches on around this debate in Washington.
New Analysis Suggests Lack of Paid Sick Days May Have Prolonged H1N1 Pandemic
by Vicki Shabo | Feb 16, 2010 | Paid Sick Days
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
by Vicki Shabo | Feb 5, 2010 | Family Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act turns 17 today.
Celebrating Ledbetter: End Pay Discrimination Against Women Now!
by Sharyn Tejani | Jan 25, 2010 | Fair Pay
This week we celebrate the one-year anniversary of enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: a law that righted a terrible Supreme Court decision and set the stage for the next fair pay law we need — the Paycheck Fairness Act.
First Lady Stresses Need for Work and Family Policies in U.S. Department of Labor Visit
by Debra L. Ness | Jan 19, 2010 | Paid Sick Days
In a recent speech before the staff of the U.S. Department of Labor, First Lady Michelle Obama emphasized the Obama administration’s support for the Healthy Families Act and other work and family policies.
Are Workplace Wellness Programs Really as Innocuous as They Seem?
by Sabrina Corlette | Jan 15, 2010 | ACA
So, what’s wrong with the workplace wellness programs included in the Senate’s health care reform bill? That’s a fair question, and one you may have asked yourself if you saw some of the recent coverage of the issue.
Pregnancy Discrimination On Wisteria Lane!
by Kesia Brown | Jan 10, 2010 | Pregnancy Discrimination
If you haven’t seen the latest episodes of Desperate Housewives, you have missed more than just the usual melodrama swirling around the residents of Wisteria Lane. A new storyline may be all-too-familiar to many viewers — a woman facing pregnancy discrimination on the job.
Historic Milestone Reached! Bill Needs Improvement…
by Debra L. Ness | Dec 24, 2009 | Reproductive Rights
Today, the Senate took a historic step to fix our nation’s broken health care system by passing comprehensive reform that will cover 31 million more people, prohibit insurance practices that undermine meaningful, affordable coverage, help contain costs, and put us on track to improve the quality and coordination of care.