When my wife had a stroke, I learned how awful US sick leave was – Quartz
[W]hen I looked up requirements for companies to offer sick leave in the United States, I was shocked.
Commentary: Florida bill harms health care for women – Naples Daily News – Naples Daily News
National Partnership Vice President Sarah Lipton-Lubet and Dr. Nicole Fanarjian: “By sending tax dollars to CPCs, anti-abortion lawmakers in Florida are demonstrating a total disregard for the truth, undermining a woman’s right to make her own informed medical decisions and denying her the respect and dignity she deserves.”
Four Crucial Things You Should Know About New York’s New Paid Family Leave Program – Slate
Working people in New York state will ring in the new year with an important new right on the job: up to eight weeks of paid family leave (increasing to 12 weeks by 2021).
What’s New In 2018? Here’s A Brief Tour Of State Laws Now In Effect – NPR
Washington on Monday became the seventh state — in addition to Washington, D.C. — to require employers to offer paid sick leave to their workers.
Low-Wage Workers Aren’t Getting Justice for Sexual Harassment – The Atlantic – The Atlantic Magazine
“An imbalance of power in people in two different positions is a big part of sexual harassment occurring, and I think that there’s probably nowhere that occurs more than in lower-wage jobs,” said Sarah Fleisch Fink, senior counsel for the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Paid Leave Improves Patients’ Ability To Complete Treatment – Cure Today
Patients with cancer whose workplaces offered paid medical leave had better physical and financial health, and were more likely to complete their treatments, according to a recent study conducted by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).
BETH MESSERSMITH: At some point everyone will need care, or time to care – WRAL
[O]ur leaders often ignore a less visible, but pressing need aging Americans face: caregiving. This usually falls to family and loved ones. About 44 million Americans provide care each year for adult family members and friends, often on top of work and other family obligations.
New York joins a handful of states with family leave. Will other states follow? – Marketplace – Marketplace
“In this past legislative session 31 states had bills introduced,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of workplace policies and strategies at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Changes to the child tax credit: What it means for families – CNN Money – CNN Money
“The distribution of those benefits are skewed towards higher income families, and really paltry for lower income families,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “The overall package is really dismal for working families.”
Readers’ View: All workers deserve paid sick days – Duluth News Tribune
As small-business owners just getting off the ground, we couldn’t be more supportive of the Duluth City Council enacting a strong earned-sick-and-safe-time ordinance.
