How to Fight For Paternity Leave When Your Company Doesn’t Offer It – Fatherly – Fatherly
“The best workplaces — like Deloitte — will ask their employees what their workforce needs to be happier and more productive,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Hospitals Are Becoming The Biggest Risk Factor For Unnecessary C-Sections – Reports Healthcare – PITALSARE BECOMING THE BIGGEST RISK FACTOR FOR UNNECESSARY C-SECTREPORTS HEA
The report by Childbirth Connection also revealed a number of factors how a C-section can be harmful to the mother and ranked them on a scale from very small to very large.
Why does American work feel so bad? – USA Today – USA Today
“You end up with this perfect storm where workplace and public policies are mismatched to what the workforce and families need,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the non-partisan National Partnership for Women & Families.
Why does American work feel so bad? – USATODAY
MacKenzie Nicholson was pregnant with her second baby when she found out her mother had a brain tumor. She was forced to take time off to care for her, which cut into the vacation and sick time she was saving to supplement the three weeks of paid maternity her company offers.
4 Organizations Doing Great Things for Mothers – Huffington Post – Huffington Post
The [National Partnership] is a heavy lifter when it comes to campaigning for more substantial health care coverage including workplace benefits like paid sick leave, eliminating the gender pay gap and ending discrimination against pregnant women and new moms in the office.
New survey reveals how small businesses feel about paid family and medical leave – SURMEDICA
[W]e found that about 77% of them, more than three-quarters of small business owners in Connecticut, support the paid family leave legislation,” said Brittany Stalsburg who’s with [the research firm] BLS.
New law supports women with healthy pregnancies – Business Vermont – Busines Svermont
“When a pregnancy is relatively typical, uncomplicated, it’s difficult for employees to be granted simple requests such as more frequent bathroom breaks or to carry a water bottle,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Trump’s updated paid leave plan ‘falls short’ in nearly every way, experts say – MPSEXPE
Most people who need time off from work won’t be covered. Meanwhile, the plan’s reliance on the unemployment insurance system almost certainly dooms it to fail — meaning very few parents would even get paid leave anyway.
Does Trump’s Paid-Leave Policy Go Far Enough? – Refinery29 –
“The Trump administration’s paid parental-leave proposal would do more harm than good by, among other things, offering only six weeks of paid leave and only to new parents.” – Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Guaranteed paid leave for new parents included in 2018 US budget proposal – The Guardian – The Guardian
“A paid leave plan that continues the current state-by-state patchwork, only provides six weeks of leave when we have a clearly established 12-week national standard, guarantees leave only for new parents and is not funded responsibly would do more harm than good,” Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement.