Swine flu — and no paid sick leave – CNNMoney.com
“On the one hand, you have all of our top officials saying, ‘Do the responsible thing. If you’re sick, stay home,'” says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that is pushing for paid sick leave laws.
Just grateful to have a job – GazetteXtra
The spotlight of the Great Recession has been properly on the nearly 10 percent of workers who are unemployed. But there has been far less said about the collateral damage on the 90 percent who “still have a job” but are looking at the empty seats. …
Job-related claims of pregnancy bias on the rise – The Post and Courier
MiamiHerald.com Such risk has become too high for families that depend on women for economic security, says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women … and …
Kennedy Remembered As Civil Rights Champion – NPR
“By the time you left Sen. Kennedy’s house, he knew everything that you knew,” says women’s rights advocate Judith Lichtman. “He had truly drained your brain.”
Why Women Need Healthcare Reform – The Nation.
The best hope for the more than half of women who are uninsured or underinsured would be to lend their support to groups like the National Partnership for Women and Families, the National Women’s Law Center and Moms Rising, who are actively fighting for reform–and against the misrepresentation of women’s experience.
E-Health Committee Calls For Multiple Groups To Certify Records Systems – Nextgov
Christine Bechtel, a committee member from the National Partnership for Women & Families, suggested interoperability could be fostered by the exchange of scanned patient records in the Portable Document Format, better known as PDF. “This would facilitate the movement of data … by getting a piece of paper to go with the patient” in an electronic format, she said.
Cost Squeeze Raises Concerns About Health Benefits Package – Kaiser Health News
As Congress continues to try to scale back the costs of health care legislation, some patient advocates, health care policy analysts and lawmakers fear the plan may be pared to the point of leaving millions of Americans with either inadequate …
Momentum Seen for Requiring Paid Sick Leave – New York Times
“The National Partnership for Women and Families, an advocacy group based in Washington, has been pressing for a federal Healthy Families Act, which would guarantee seven paid sick days per year for workers at businesses with 15 or more employees, to be used to recover from routine illness, care for a sick family member, or seek services to recover from domestic violence.”
Peaceful Revolution: Another Blow to Women – Huffington Post
The National Partnership for Women & Families reviewed a sampling of these claims and found that complaints filed by women of color and those working in industries dominated by female …
Women’s Rights Groups Respond to Supreme Court Decision on … – Civilrights.org
Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, called the Court’s decision “disgraceful, unfair, and a terrible blow to the equal …
