Paid Sick Days: Healthier Families, More Than $1 Billion in Savings
Paid Sick Days and Health: Cost Savings from Reduced Emergency Room Visits finds that, regardless of workers’ access to health insurance, there are undeniable connections between the ways in which private sector workers use the health care system and whether they have access to paid sick days.
Gaps in Access to Paid Leave are Significant, Sustained – and Unacceptable
The Census Bureau released a report last week that every family and every lawmaker should note.
New Poll: Young People Need Paid Sick Days Too
Demos and Young Invincibles released a timely new report today on the barriers to economic success facing young adults in the United States.
Despite Hard-Fought Campaign, Disappointing News from Denver
Despite months of passionate and dedicated work by the Campaign for Healthy Denver and its allies in support of a citywide paid sick days standard, Initiative 300 did not pass.
Getting Back on Track with Family Friendly Policies
As National Work and Family Month drew to a close this time last year, working families were hopeful that the upcoming election would mean that the economy would turn around, families would regain control of their finances and economic security, and the country would finally get back on track after a crippling recession.
Dispatch from Denver: A Haunting Thought
One of the delights of an early November election is volunteering for a campaign on Halloween.
Dispatch from Denver: Purple Thursday
When I was packing my suitcase for Denver, I made sure to throw in a purple sweater.
Workplace Support a Critical Step Toward Eliminating Poverty
One of the biggest threats to the well-being of our nation’s women and families is poverty.
Welcome Progress, But the Final Verdict on ACOs Is Yet to Come
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may have done what once seemed impossible. Its final rule on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) seems to have put an end to the rancor and bitter debate on this particular issue, shaping a framework that just about all parties can accept.
An Important First Step for Philly
In a significant victory for workers in Philadelphia, the City Council voted 15-2 to pass a provision providing workers at businesses that contract with or receive financial support from the city to the right to earn paid sick days.
Dispatch from Denver: Winter Wonderland
Hi, all. It’s Helen, work and family policy associate at the National Partnership.
Dispatch from Denver: Back to D.C.
After 10 days of volunteering with the Campaign for a Healthy Denver, I am headed back to D.C.
