Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 28, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court upended sound, longstanding, legal precedent that has provided protections for everyday people for decades...
2020 Annual Report
As we enter the 50th year of the National Partnership, we feel immensely proud of all the progress we’ve achieved.
2019 Annual Report
This has been a year when we had to fight, night and day, for the soul of this country, when it was entirely clear that our rights, our dignity, and our future were on the line.
Open Letter to Presidential Candidates 2019
If ever there were a time to center women’s lives in the political debate, it’s now.
NDAA MTI Resolution 333
FEPLA NDAA Letter to Conferees
Strategic Directions 2019-2025
National Partnership for Women & Families Strategic Directions for 2019-2025
Letter to Congress From Women’s Community Opposing GOP Tax Plans
A 2017 letter to Congress from 92 organizations dedicated to advancing the health, economic security and opportunity of women and families and eradicating their barriers to success to express opposition to the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.”
Standing Up for Women and Families in 2017
In 2017, the National Partnership for Women & Families is urging members of Congress and the administration to stand up for women and families by supporting the following legislative agenda.
Standing Up for Women & Families in 2016
In 2016, the National Partnership for Women & Families is urging members of Congress to stand up for women and families by supporting the following legislative agenda.
Standing Up for Women & Families in 2014
In 2014, the National Partnership for Women & Families is urging members of Congress to stand up for women and families by supporting the following legislative agenda.
Response to DOL Proposed Rule on Application of Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service, 3/21/2012
On behalf of the National Partnership for Women & Families and the undersigned organizations, we thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Department of Labor’s request for comments on the proposed rule that would extend the critical wage and hour...
Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces Testimony – March 1, 2011
Like many across the nation, Philadelphia’s working families are struggling harder than ever to make ends meet. For workers without paid sick days, a bad case of the flu or a child’s fever can mean the loss of a much-needed paycheck or even a job.
Title X Backgrounder
Policy Matters: Public Policy, Paid Leave for New Parents, and Economic Security for U.S. Workers
A rich and growing literature attests to the benefits that accrue to workers, families, businesses, and the public when workers have access to paid leave to care for a new child. Such benefits include lower likelihood of premature birth, improvements in breastfeeding...
Welfare Reform: Struggling Families Challenged By 40 Hour Work Week
Proposals to raise hourly work requirements for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) beneficiaries reflect a fundamental lack of understanding about the real struggles facing working parents, particularly single parents. These parents need access to primary...
Grandparent’s Day 2010: Work-Family Policies Must Include Grandparents
Grandparents are the glue that holds many families together—yet our workplace laws don't honor their critical role.
Midwest Workers Speak: The Employee Case for Flexibility in Manufacturing Jobs
Manufacturing industry workers are struggling with job and financial insecurity. Few have access to the basic flexible workplace policies they need to manage their responsibilities at home and on the job.
Flexibility for Success: How Workplace Flexibility Policies Benefit All Workers and Employers
A growing number of employers recognize the benefits of flexible workplace practices. These employers know that setting workplace standards that promote flexibility and allow workers to meet the dual demands of work and family improves employee productivity, loyalty...
112th Congress: Work and Family Agenda
Every day, working women and men in the United States struggle to meet the dual demands of work and family because their workplaces are without basic family friendly policies. It is long past time for workplaces to reflect the needs of 21st century working families,...
Paid Sick Days Protect the Economic Security of Working Families
A minimum paid sick days standard would help to protect millions of working families from falling further into financial crisis during these tough economic times.