FMLA and Parental Leave in the US – Pregnancy & Newborn
Sharita Gruberg, vice president for economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, the organization that originally drafted the FMLA, explains, “[FMLA] guarantees eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per [12-month period] to care for a newborn or newly adopted child, recover from their own serious health conditions, including pregnancy, or care for a seriously ill family member.”
Why Offering Paid Leave Is Good for Your Business – business.com
The National Partnership for Women and Families estimates that presenteeism costs the United States more than $1.1 billion annually in preventable emergency room visits among workers without paid sick days. This can be avoided or reduced by incorporating paid sick leave policies in company budgets.
Nearly one-third of low-income Asian women now live in states with limited abortion access – NBC News
According to new data from the National Partnership for Women & Families and an NBC News analysis, 31% of lower-income Asian women of reproductive age live in states that have banned or are set to ban abortions. With reproductive care becoming harder to access each day, experts say the most vulnerable groups will be the most crippled — and face the starkest consequences.
Abortion misinformation surges in Latino communities – Axios
Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, vice president for health justice at the nonpartisan nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families, noted that Latinos often distrust medical institutions due to histories of maltreatment, like forced sterilizations.
Abortion Access Shrinks With New Restrictions In Effect In 4 More States – Kaiser Health News
States that have enacted abortion restrictions or bans also have “systemic” barriers in place that impede “the health and economic security of pregnant and birthing people and their families,” according to a new report from the nonpartisan and nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families first shared with Axios. (Chen, 8/25)
Report: Pregnant people face “systemic” barriers in states with abortion restrictions – Axios
States that have enacted abortion restrictions or bans also have “systemic” barriers in place that impede “support the health and economic security of pregnant and birthing people and their families,” according to a new report from the nonpartisan and nonprofit National Partnership for Women & Families first shared with Axios.
Overturning Roe Will Exacerbate the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis. It’s Time for Our Leaders To Act – Ms. Magazine
4 Strategies to Improve Workplace Efficiency in the Tech Sector – Critical Hit
“According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, paid sick days help to reduce the loss of productivity that results when employees try to do their jobs while ill.”
The One Story: Closing Black Women’s Equal Pay Gap – NewsOne
“And in some states, like Louisiana, the disparity is even more significant. Data from the National Partnership for Women & Families indicates Black women in Louisiana only earn 48 cents on the dollar compared to their white male counterparts.”
Abortions in Michigan: What we know about the women who get them – Detroit Free Press
Shaina Goodman, director of reproductive health and rights at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a non-partisan abortion rights advocacy group, said “real people are suffering as a result” of the to-be-determined status of abortion in states like Michigan. She said restrictions may push people to pursue unofficial abortions that wouldn’t be reported to the state.
