Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 22, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a regulation that would strengthen the Health Insurance...
Paid Leave Would Cut Healthcare Costs
It is more apparent than ever. The lack of a national paid family and medical leave policy in the United States costs working people their health and financial security – and the price tag is rising.
Universal Paid Leave: A Pathway to Treating Substance Use Disorder
ISSUE BRIEF | National paid family and medical leave would improve the health and economic security of the more than 20 million people in the United States experiencing a substance use disorder (SUD).
Universal Paid Leave: A Pathway to Treating Substance Use Disorder Fact Sheet
FACT SHEET | National paid family and medical leave would improve the health and economic security of the more than 20 million people in the United States experiencing a substance use disorder (SUD).
Unpaid and Unprotected: How the Lack of Paid Leave for Medical and Caregiving Purposes Impacts Financial Health
Coauthored by the Financial Health Network and the National Partnership, this brief adds to calls for workplace paid leave policies that can help workers meet medical or caregiving needs, and offers new insights on the relationship between paid leave and positive...
Back to School Sample Letter to the Editor
Fall is challenging for any working parent. Summer is over. Kids are headed back to school – and flu season is around the corner.
Back to School Sample Letter to an Elected Official
Dear Elected Official, As our state approaches back-to-school and flu season, I want to call your attention to the state’s failure to put in place a paid sick days standard – and the very real threat that poses to the health of our children, schools and communities...
Paid Leave Is a Lifeline for Workers and Families
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal’s Build Back Better Act offers the most effective paid family and medical leave policy for the range of caregiving needs across a lifespan.
Minimum Wage and Abortion Access
In the United States, people with lower incomes, people with disabilities, and people of color have never fully enjoyed reproductive freedom. Whether a person wants to have a child or wants to not have children, their ability to exercise these rights has consistently...
Black Women and Evictions
The temporary nature of the federal eviction moratorium and lagging disbursement of emergency rental assistance signal an urgent need for housing solutions that directly address the unique barriers to housing stability and economic justice for Black women.
The Cost of Inaction: How a Lack of Family Care Policies Burdens the U.S. Economy and Families
Passage of the American Families Plan can be a transformative moment to make the United States economy more competitive, regain lost ground toward gender and racial equity and ease the burden of working families.
70 Innovative Companies That Are Leading on Leave in 2021
Making a Fortune for Others: Causes and Consequences of the Black Wealth Gap
Everyone should be able to weather a financial shock -- a major illness, a layoff -- without losing their housing or falling deep into debt. Everyone should be able to afford educational opportunities for themselves or their children and be able to retire with dignity...
Women Carried the Burden of Unpaid Caregiving in 2020
More than 65 million women provide unpaid care in the form of child care, family care and eldercare during 2020. A majority of these women did so while holding full- or part-time jobs.
Called to Care: Quotes from Congress
Quotes from Members of Congress
Called to Care: A Summary
The National Partnership recently released a brief, which finds that the lack of national paid leave has exacerbated harms to the health and economic lives of people of color, particularly women, before and during the pandemic.
Paid Leave Is Critical for Public Health
FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the devastating ripple effect that the lack of social support systems has on the health of workers, the health of our country and the economy.
Written Testimony of The Honorable Erika L. Moritsugu, Senate Finance Paid Leave Working Group Roundtable on Paid Leave Proposals in the COVID Era
Written Testimony of The Honorable Erika L. Moritsugu National Partnership for Women & Families, Vice President for Economic Justice Senate Finance Paid Leave Working Group Roundtable on Paid Leave Proposals in the COVID Era (June 18, 2020)
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Employer Best Practices: Policies to Support Workers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
EMPLOYER GUIDE | This guide recommends specific policies and practices that corporate leaders can implement quickly to support the safety and stability of their workforce.
Expanding Paid Sick Days and Paid Family and Medical Leave in Response to COVID-19
FACT SHEET | The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the universal need for - and far from universal access to - paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in the United States.