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NPWF Celebrates Virginia Becoming the 15th State and First in the South to Pass Paid Family and Medical Leave

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families HB1207/SB2 would create a paid family and medical leave law in Virginia, giving workers up to 12 weeks of paid time off to bond with their child, care for a family member or...

One-Third of Working People Are Now Covered by State Paid Leave

New report shows states lead the way to greater access to paid family and medical leave. WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 3, 2026 – A new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families reveals that one in three private-sector workers in the U.S. now has...

National Partnership for Women & Families Calls for National Paid Sick Days Through Support of Healthy Families Act

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families The Healthy Families Act was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Sen. Bernie Sanders today. WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 12, 2026 –...

A Win on and off the Court: the WNBA Union’s New CBA

On the heels of Equal Pay Day, The 75 Million Project is joining fans around the world in celebrating the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) union’s recently ratified collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The CBA was ratified after 17 months of...

Women Are Back in the Labor Force. The Good News Ends There. | Jobs Day April 2026

Jobs data for the month of March show a flat economy. March job gains came on the heels of steep declines in February, meaning we’ve only added 45,000 jobs since January. The economy continues to be hampered by losses in the federal government, which is down nearly 12...

NEWS: Trump’s ICE crackdown is forcing immigrant women to ‘choose between their freedom or their health’

Trump’s ICE Crackdown Is Forcing Immigrant Women To ‘Choose Between Their Freedom or Their Health’ HuffPost, March 28, 2026 Reproductive health care providers told HuffPost they’re seeing patients miss prenatal appointments and not pick up prescriptions when they need...

More than Six Million Black Women Workers Live in States That Block Local Paid Sick Days Progress

ISSUE BRIEF | More than 6.1 million Black women – 57% of Black women in the labor force nationwide – live in 18 states that fail to guarantee workers paid sick days and also block local governments from setting their own paid leave standards (known as "preemption").

State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Laws

CHART | A detailed summary of existing family leave laws in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, D.C., Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Maryland, Delaware, Minnesota and Maine.

EEO-1 Data Collection

EXPLAINER | Collecting workforce demographic data at the federal level plays an important role in enforcing federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. This explainer provides an overview of the EEO-1 data collection and its uses.