One way to tackle sexual harassment at work: better parental leave – The Guardian
Any company serious about addressing sexual harassment in the workplace should care about the women’s leadership gap. And anyone trying to close that gap must put paid time for caregiving at the top of their to-do list.
Improving Vermonters’ lives – Burlington Free Press
In addition to raising the minimum wage, initiating a new government insurance program called Family and Medical Leave Insurance, or FAMLI, would also help Vermonters to improve their ability to support their families.
Three Companies That Show Taking the Benefits High Road Is Good for Business – Slate
In October 2017, the ASBC came out with their own research showing that companies who invested in promoting family-friendly benefits, flexibility, fair living wages, cultivated inclusion, engaged with communities, for example, could improve retention of quality employees, earn better results from contractors and vendors, and attract fast-growing numbers of consumers who want to buy from values-based organizations.
Paid sick leave opt-out bill debated during House committee hearing – Safety+Health Magazine – Safety and Health Magazine
“This bill is a poorly disguised attempt to take away guaranteed sick days at a time when the evidence that paid sick days standards benefit working people and their families, businesses and communities, as well as our economy and our public health, is strong and growing,” National Partnership President Debra Ness said.
America’s Paid Leave Crisis Is Hurting Families & Driving People Into Poverty, New Documentary Shows – Romper
Zero Weeks, [Ky] Dickens’ fourth feature-length film, is a stark and poignant look at the consequences of inaction on paid leave in the U.S.
Fast Food Has A Massive Sexual Harassment Problem – Buzzfeed News – Buzzfeed News
Sexual harassment “often involves an imbalance of power between a perpetrator and the person who is harassed,” said Sarah Fleisch Fink, director of workplace policy and senior counsel for the National Partnership.
This man was just trying to be a good dad. Instead, he got fired – The Guardian
Many fathers who take on roles stereotypically reserved for mothers find themselves fighting the same battles working mothers have fought going back decades, including the legal ones: in December 2016, Carlson sued CVS, claiming it had violated federal family leave law and demanding back pay, damages and attorneys’ fees.
The new year brings a state wage increase and paid sick leave for all employees – KIMA Action News
The minimum wage in Washington will go up once again and all employees will be able to receive paid sick leave by the beginning of next year.
The Economics of Paid Parental Leave – Scientific American
The question of whether parents should spend time bonding with their newborns was answered experimentally, through neuroscience and psychology. Likewise, the question of whether businesses and societies should provide paid parental leave is being answered experimentally, through an economic experiment in California.
Millennials See Paternity Leave as a Priority – The New York Times
“Men are doubling down on their daddy duties,” said Karyn Twaronite, global diversity and inclusiveness officer at Ernst & Young. “They want to have impact at home as well as at work.”
