Wednesday Release for “Making IT Meaningful: How Consumers Value and Trust Health IT”
“A Smart and Very Reasonable Accommodation”
Feb 10, 2012
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families On Today’s White House Announcement of an Accommodation on the Affordable Care Act Requirement that Contraceptive Coverage be Available to Women
More Help for Military Families from the Family and Medical Leave Act, Thanks to the Obama Administration
Jan 30, 2012
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
President Obama is Right: Nation Needs Fair Pay, Good Jobs, and Health Insurance that is Secure and Unbiased
Jan 24, 2012
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Obama Administration Action Means More Women Will Have Access to the Contraception They Need, Women & Families Will Be Healthier
Jan 20, 2012
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Rutgers Study Finds Paid Family Leave Leads to Positive Economic Outcomes
Jan 19, 2012
With a growing need for family friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Rutgers Study: Paid Family Leave Leads to Positive Economic Outcomes for Working Families, Businesses
Jan 17, 2012
WHAT: The Center for Women and Work (CWW) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the National Partnership for Women & Families, based in Washington, D.C., will convene a conference call to discuss the new study, Pay Matters: The Positive Economic Impacts...
Experts Warn: Fundamental Protection for Workers and Families Hangs in the Balance
Jan 11, 2012
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Daniel Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals, a case in which the justices will decide whether states can be held accountable for violating the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) if they deny state workers the...
MEDIA ADVISORY: As U.S. Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Oral Arguments in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals Petitioner and Legal Experts to Discuss Case’s Implications for Millions of State Workers
Jan 3, 2012
On January 11th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals a case likely to determine whether millions of state workers will continue to have access to the vitally important self-care medical leave provision of the Family and...
“Tomorrow America Will Be a More Family Friendly Nation” as First Statewide Paid Sick Days Law Takes Effect in Connecticut, Ness Says
Dec 31, 2011
"January 1, 2012 will be a historic day as Connecticut becomes the first state to guarantee its workers the right to earn paid sick time," said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, which has led efforts to enact family friendly...

