Economic Justice

2024 Legislative Agenda

We urge Congressional champions to cosponsor and advocate for the passage of the following priority bills.

State of the Union for Women

The National Partnership for Women & Families and Paid Leave for All created a this new map to show that in all of the states that have taken extreme measures to ban abortion, none of those states offer paid family leave.

The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act Will Support Women’s Economic Security

The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act would support and uplift the more than 4 million women and girls who rely on SSI, including nearly 3.3 million women and girls who are eligible for SSI because they are blind or disabled, as well as 723,000 women aged 65 and older who receive SSI on the basis of age.

The Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act

The Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act would address America’s paid family and medical leave crisis and benefit working people, their families, businesses and our nation’s economy.

What Real Paid Leave is – and What It Isn’t

For a truly just, equitable program that works for the people who need it the most and is feasible and affordable for small businesses, any paid leave program must be the following five things.

Transforming Health Care to Achieve Equity

The foundation of how health care is paid for is being rewritten right now. Government decision-makers and health care industry leaders from across the country are working to shift health care payment from paying for volume, called fee for service (FFS), to paying for value, called value-based payment (VBP).

Rejecting Business as Usual

Black women workers are a critical backbone of the economy. As demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic, women were the majority of essential workers who continued to work during the pandemic, providing vital services and sustaining the nation’s economy throughout the public health emergency. Black women disproportionately work in many of these essential roles

Fathers Need Paid Family and Medical Leave

A national paid family and medical leave insurance program would provide mothers and fathers with much-needed pay when they need time off for family or medical reasons.

Discrimination While Pregnant

Any pregnant person may experience pregnancy discrimination. But because of the ways that racism, sexism and ableism have structured the United States economy, pregnant workers’ need for accommodations — and the harms they may face if unable to access accommodations — can differ significantly. Women and people of color are especially likely to be in jobs that are higher risk and lack adequate health and safety protections.

Historic Investments in Good Infrastructure Jobs Can’t Leave Women Behind

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides one of the most significant investments in the creation of good jobs in recent years. However, without intentional efforts to address occupational segregation in the key industries funded by the law, women could miss out on more than a million jobs in the next decade.

Threats on All Fronts 2022

2022 archived version – Analysis showing connections between the lack of abortion access, health care and workplace equity

Sexual Harassment and the Gender Wage Gap

Despite being prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, workplace sexual harassment remains pervasive and pernicious. Sexual harassment is one of many manifestations of power imbalances in the workplace.