FACT SHEET | The Healthy Families Act would set a national paid sick days standard – a critical step toward meeting the health and financial needs of working families.
Open Letter in Support of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act From Leading Private-Sector Employers
LETTER | Business leaders urge the passage of the FAMILY Act to build support for working families, strengthen our businesses, and create a more secure future for everyone.
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (The FAMILY Act) Section-by-Section
A section-by-section summary of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, a comprehensive national program that helps meet the needs of new parents and people with serious personal or family health issues.
Strong State Evidence for Paid Leave: A Look at Connecticut, Rhode Island and Washington State
REPORT | This report dives into previously unpublished claims data from Rhode Island, Washington state and Connecticut to explore paid leave program use through an equity lens.
Missed Opportunities to Expand Paid Leave and Caregiving Supports Through the Tax Code
ISSUE BRIEF | Rather than passing a comprehensive bill to create a national paid family and medical leave program, Congress's reconciliation bill uses a much narrower, business-focused tax code approach to extend a corporate tax credit that has failed working families.
Paid Family and Medical Leave: Good for Business
FACT SHEET | Leading business owners and managers recognize that every worker will at some point need time off to attend to health or family issues.
The Impact of Paid Leave on the Health of Massachusetts
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief offers strong evidence that paid leave not only supports workers health, but also improves productivity in Massachusetts.
Employer Paid Leave Tax Credits Will Not Close Gaps in Access to Paid Leave: Why S. 1716/H.R. 3595 is Wrong for the Country
FACT SHEET | Since it was enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, the 45S paid leave tax credit for employers has done little to increase working people’s access to paid family and medical leave.
Coalition Letter in Support of Expanding Job Protection in the FMLA
LETTER | On behalf of the undersigned organizations and the tens of millions of working families we represent, we write in support of the Job Protection Act.
Women Are Facing A Crisis In This Country. That’s Bad News for Business.
FACT SHEET | Complex problems resulting from decades of systemic racism and sexism, compounded by attacks on abortion care and health care, have created barriers for women – particularly mothers – from fully participating in the workforce.
Black Women and the Care Agenda: Investing in Care Priorities Advances Gender and Racial Justice
ISSUE BRIEF | Black women are family caregivers – and they need flexibility and economic supports to make the best decisions for themselves and their families
Small Businesses Support a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
REPORT | A new national scientific opinion poll conducted for Small Business Majority and the National Partnership for Women & Families by Lake Research Partners found that 79% of small business owners support the creation of a national paid family and medical leave...
Unfinished Policy Agenda for Women in the Economy Cost the U.S. $6.7 Trillion in GDP Gains Over a Decade
Despite the attention generated by the White House Summit on Working Families and the ongoing work of advocates, policy experts, and key policymakers, the comprehensive progress needed to strengthen women's participation in the economy and grow our economy overall has...
Paid Leave Will Help Close the Gender Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | The wage gap illustrates the high cost women are paying for our nation’s policy failure, including our lack of paid family and medical leave to support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women.
Economic and Health Justice for Women and Families in South Carolina
FACT SHEET | South Carolinian women need livable wages, supportive workplace policies such as paid family and medical leave, comprehensive health care access, and access to abortion – and they need a democracy that allows for their voices to be heard
Financing Sustainable Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief examines key policy design features related to paid leave program finances and reviews the financial state of these programs to offer lessons and best practices for policymakers.
Model State Paid Family and Medical Leave Statute
A resource for drafting a new paid family and medical leave bill at the state level, created in collaboration with A Better Balance.
Learning Our Lesson: COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave Showed the Value of a Robust, Permanent Paid Leave Policy
ISSUE BRIEF | This brief reviews the research and evidence about workers’ and employers’ need for and use of emergency sick and family leave, implementation and enforcement, and the costs and benefits of the program. It also shares qualitative findings from 20...
How Much Income Will Build Back Better Paid Leave Replace?
The Build Back Better Act would provide up to four weeks of paid family and medical leave for working people who time away from work to welcome a new child, address their own serious health condition or care for a loved one with a serious health condition. The paid...
Paid Leave Could Keep More Than 6 Million Caregivers Connected
Due to the lack of paid family and medical leave in the United States, many people — predominantly women — are forced to choose between caregiving and their job.