Sick leave discussion takes off in city halls, statehouses across U.S. – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
As of November, 16 cities and three states have paid sick leave ordinances, according to a report from the Philadelphia Mayor’s Task Force on Paid Sick Leave. But some states are passing pre-emption laws that prohibit municipalities from establishing sick leave policies — up to 11 from 2011 through 2014, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Dying in America: Report sets off discussion in Annals of Internal Medicine – Washington Post
“There may be no truer test of a health-care system than how it supports persons with advanced illness or at the end of life and the loved ones who care for them. In that regard, most would agree that our health-care system struggles and often fails,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, and Beverley H. Johnson, president of the Institute for Patient-and Family-Centered Care.
Know Your Workplace Rights If You’re a Parent or Pregnant – Lifehacker
There’s still lots of room for improvement, as the map above from the National Partnership for Women & Families reveals: California gets an A- while Utah and Wyoming are among the 17 worst states for new parents and families.
Senate Confirms EEOC Leaders – Legal Times
“Charlotte Burrows will make an outstanding EEOC commissioner, and David Lopez’s reappointment as general counsel is both wise and well deserved,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Will Supreme Court endorse discrimination against pregnant workers? – Los Angeles Times
“Every family in America has a stake in the outcome of this case,” said Judith L. Lichtman, a senior advisor to the National Partnership for Women and Families, which submitted a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 12 groups committed to maternal and fetal health.
Pregnancy discrimination case reaches U.S. Supreme Court – McClatchy DC
“It’s really tough to think, that in this day and age, when women are half the workforce, and so many families depend on their income, that women are still having to choose, and potentially, lose their job and lose their health insurance because they’re pregnant,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Pregnancy Discrimination Case Reaches Supreme Court – ProPublica
A recent study by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that many pregnant women are denied even the simplest accommodations, such as extra bathroom breaks.
Is This Pregnancy-Discrimination Case the Next Lilly Ledbetter? – TIME
“Here we are at the end of 2014, talking about pregnancy discrimination, which we women’s rights advocates thought we had addressed and basically fixed in 1978,” says Judith Lichtman, senior adviser at the National Partnership of Women and Families.
Editorial: Pregnant women deserve job protection in Supreme Court case – The Dallas Morning News
(Statistics provided by the National Partnership for Women & Families)
Where’s HIT Headed in 2015? – For The Record
“Access to one’s own health information is a right guaranteed to all patients by HIPAA but it’s not well understood, even within the provider community,” says Erin Mackay, associate director of HIT programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families. “One of the great potentials for technology is the ability to put that information at the fingertips of patients — particularly as more individuals become caregivers to their children and, increasingly, to their parents as well.”
