Finally, Home Care Workers Start Fighting Back – Daily Beast
“The rule going into effect on schedule sends the signal that workers need to be paid fairly,” says Vicki Shabo, a vice president at the National Partnership for Women and Families. “States need to figure this out. They can’t be scrimping and balancing their budgets on the lowest paid workers, and they can’t cut workers who need care.”
Let’s Take Luck Out of the ‘Boss Lottery’ – Women’s eNews
Only 12 percent of U.S. workers have access to paid family leave through their employers, and nearly 40 percent of private-sector workers – and 80 percent of low-wage workers – don’t have a single paid sick day, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Health IT policy, standards committees, JASON task force convene, suggest interoperability tactics — ONC talks long-term services today — New DeSalvo left the meeting unhappy – Politico Morning eHealth
Karen DeSalvo and Kelly Cronin from ONC will be speaking, along with reps. from the ACL, the National Partnership for Women and Families, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, CMS and more.
The FAMILY Act is smart policy, not just smart politics – The Hill
“Lack of access to paid family and medical leave in this country is a serious issue, and it deserves serious attention from Congress.”
The simple policy fix that could halt the spread of the deadly enterovirus – The Week
The United States has no national paid sick day policy, which means that 40 percent of the workforce — more than 40 million private sector workers — lose income when they stay home with their kids, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Push by workers for paid sick days gathers steam across U.S. – Associated Press/The Middletown Press
It takes barely three unpaid sick days to threaten the ability of a typical low-wage worker to afford groceries, rent and other necessities, said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Calif. Law Bolsters National Effort To Give Workers Paid Sick Time – Kaiser Health News
“We’re the only economically developed country in the world that doesn’t have paid sick days,” says Vicki Shabo, a vice president at the National Partnership.
Are Changes to FMLA Eligibility on the Horizon? – Roll Call’s “Hill Navigator”
Advocacy groups see paid leave as the brass ring of FMLA expansions, said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “All of the evidence shows that the U.S. is behind the rest of the world when it comes to paid family and medical leave.”
Miami-Dade Moms Among The Highest In C-Section Rates – WLRN
According to research from the National Partnership for Women and Families, more than half of mothers feel frightened during a C-section.
Latinas and their Families Can’t Afford Unequal Pay for Equal Work (Para Latinas la Desigualdad Salarial Cuesta Mucho) – U.S. Department of Labor’s “(Work in Progress)”
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF), in 2013 we made a whopping 55 cents to every dollar a white male makes last year — the lowest amount of any other ethnic group of women.