New York state tackles paid family leave – CNBC
Plans similar to what UncommonGoods is offering will be statewide in the near future because on January 1, all New York state businesses, no matter how small, will be required to provide what’s being hailed as one of the most progressive paid leave policies in the nation.
My Turn: With paid family leave, everybody wins – Concord Monitor
In New Hampshire, 82 percent support implementing a paid family leave program and are willing to pay costs prorated on individual weekly wages.
Task force recommends sick and safe time ordinance – Duluth News Tribune
Whenever the Duluth City Council (Minn.) decides to hear it, the city’s earned sick and safe time task force is going to recommend “an ordinance be enacted requiring employers with more than five employees in Duluth provide earned sick and safe leave to all employees.”
City Council passes bill allowing domestic violence, sex abuse victims to take paid sick leave – NY Daily News
Domestic violence and sexual assault victims will be able to take paid time off from work under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday.
NYC Passes Bill to Guarantee Paid Leave for Domestic Violence Victims – Broadly – Broadly
Vice President Vicki Shabo says the National Partnership has been advocating for the Healthy Families Act, a national standard “that guarantees all working people the ability to take time away from their jobs for personal illness, a family member’s illness, to get health care services, and also to deal with the effects of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.”
Have You Ever Had to Work When You Were Sick? – The Nation
When a lack of health protections clashes with a sudden illness or a family member’s medical crisis, workers can become exhausted, less productive at work, and more prone to negative temperament at work and at home.
Small businesses need paid leave – News Observer
While I do feel some anxiety about mandating paid family medical leave, a proposal like the FAMILY Act would make it far more feasible for me and many other small-business owners to provide this critical benefit to our employees.
Fair Society: Contemplating the Benefits of Paid Family Leave – Indy with Kids
Ultimately, parents and other caregivers have a variety of needs, and paid family leave could ease some of the burdens many individuals face.
Parental leave expands for California workers so they can bond with their newborns – The OC Register
Under a new law to combat workplace inequities, some 2.7 million California mothers and fathers will gain the right to a long-sought benefit: 12 weeks of job-protected leave to bond with their newborns.
Women’s groups, states resist Trump’s rollback of ACA contraceptive coverage – People’s World – People’s World
Trump’s “interim final rules” on denial of contraceptive coverage “are a discriminatory, damaging attack on women’s health and economic security,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
