Meet Marissa: Advocating for an Inclusive Jewish Community – The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Marissa Ditkowsky, a member of Federation’s Disability Inclusion Committee and 2022 Capital Chai honoree, is a disabled advocate and attorney currently serving as Disability Economic Justice Counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families. Interview with Marissa Ditkowsky.
FMLA at 30: Persisting Toward Paid Leave – Ms. Magazine
It’s time we make comprehensive, paid family and medical leave a reality for every worker in America.
Once revolutionary, still inadequate. Who’s celebrating the FMLA at 30? – The Washington Post
“The law was a groundbreaking step forward, making clear that a policy enabling workers to care for their families was an essential, baseline labor standard,” said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the organization that was the primary architect of the FMLA law and struggled for nearly 10 years to pass it.
Calls for paid leave grow louder 30 years after passage of Family and Medical Leave Act – PBS NewsHour
The other thing that we know, of the 44 percent of workers who aren’t covered by the FMLA, that workers of color are disproportionately in that number, 48 percent of what Latinx workers, 47 percent of Asian workers, 43 percent of Black workers. So workers of color are bearing the brunt of the gaps of the FMLA. And those are gaps that we should fill.
A 1993 family and medical leave law was supposed to be just the start. Thirty years later, not much has changed. – 19th News
“It was thought of, at the time, by us as an important civil rights piece of legislation,” said Lichtman, the former president and now senior advisor at the National Partnership for Women and Families.
30 years after passing the Family and Medical Leave Act, the U.S. must do more to secure paid leave for all – Fortune
An analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families found that the FMLA has been used 460 million times since it was signed into law.
What the Family and Medical Leave Act has meant for U.S. women – Fast Company
“Women have been expected to take on [caregiving] and handle it without complaint and largely without support,” says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership. “The Family and Medical Leave Act rejected the premise that it‚Äôs a woman’s lot in life to do that work. Instead, what the FMLA said is that all workers have some sort of care need, and we need to be able to ensure that those folks can take time off and come back to their jobs.”
FMLA: The 30-year legacy of a celebrated — and complicated — employment law – HR Dive
“The law’s longevity is a point of pride for organizations like the National Partnership for Women & Families, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that played a lead role in drafting the FMLA and advocating for its passage.”
Passing Paid Leave Just Got One Step Closer – Glamour
Jocelyn Frye, the president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, says: “The FMLA was a groundbreaking step forward, but our work is not done. We cannot continue to ignore the care needs of workers and their families. Our nation’s leaders need to step up and make the choice to enact policies that enable workers to do their jobs and care for their families without putting their livelihoods at risk.”
Reproductive Rights Clash With Religious Ones in Abortion Wars – Bloomberg Law
“Religious exemptions for certain health services “broadened” under the Trump presidency, said Shaina Goodman, director for reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
