Walmart Announces Incomplete Paid Leave Policy for Employees – Slate
OUR Walmart estimates that approximately 60 percent of Walmart associates work part time, just like Bartlett. So while the paid leave policy is a major improvement for full-time associates, the policy will not be applicable for the majority of employees.
Paid Family Leave Approved For Franklin County Workers – Patch
This morning, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a new Paid Family Leave program to allow employees time to provide parental care immediately following the birth or adoption of a minor child, and to care for a covered family member who has a serious medical condition.
At the Golden Globes, celebrities wanted to talk equal pay. But Congress has been mostly silent for more than 50 years. – Washington Post – Washington Post
Women make on average 80 cents for every dollar a man makes, says Vicki Shabo, a vice president at the advocacy group National Partnership for Women & Families. Some of that is due to women gravitating toward lower-paying careers or bouncing in and out of the workforce as they balance being caretakers. But statistical analysis says that 38 percent of those 80 cents is unaccounted for, Shabo said.
Sick leave law may boost public health – The News Tribune
Public health risks are compounded when staff bring bugs to work because they can’t afford to take a sick day.
Like thousands of Coloradans, I needed paid family leave and didn’t have it – Denver Post
When Congress passed the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) nearly 25 years ago it was meant to be the first — not the only — step toward greater financial stability for millions of American families.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Missouri can lead on paid family leave – Columbia Missourian
Missouri state officials, on both sides of the aisle, are stepping up and serving as a model for how parental leave strengthens families and benefits employers.
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.