Extreme proposals would slash hundreds of millions of dollars from programs and services for women and families – must be nonstarter for negotiations WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 19, 2023 – Today, the National Partnership for Women & Families...
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More states are making it easier to learn how much an open job pays – CBS News
Dec 29, 2022 |
“Women of color fare even worse. Black women make 64 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic men, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.”
Addressing Paid Leave In American Work Culture – Forbes
Dec 28, 2022 |
“According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, “only 25% of United States workers have paid family leave through their employers, and just 41% have access to personal medical leave through employer-provided short-term disability insurance.””
We need more than policies to protect pregnant employees – Quartz
Dec 22, 2022 |
“The National Partnership for Women & Families has a guide that recommends ways employers can better support pregnant employees on the job. For example, extending accommodations to “all workers, regardless of part-time or temporary status,” not forcing workers to accept unnecessary accommodations, providing paid sick leave and family leave, not docking employees for tardy arrival, and eliminating ‘just-in-time’ scheduling, which gives employees very little notice of their shifts.”
Pregnant Workers Win Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace
Dec 22, 2022 |
As pandemic continues and flu season rages, families need solid leave policies – Florida Union Times
Dec 10, 2022 |
“Access to paid leave helps our economy and helps keep people in the jobs they need so they can care for the families they love without jeopardizing their economic security. Yet 26 million workers currently lack access to paid sick days, as reported last month by the National Partnership for Women & Families. That includes 70 percent of the lowest wage workers, including many child care early educators.”
Congress Should Pass Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Before Holiday Break
Dec 9, 2022 |
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Latina employees continue to face a wage gap that’s barely improved since 1989 – Yahoo! Finance
Dec 8, 2022 |
Latina employees are overrepresented in low-wage jobs, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) argued in March 2021, and face many other obstacles in the workforce.
OPINION: Sick kids need their parents. Why don’t we give them what they deserve? – Washington Post
Dec 8, 2022 |
According to calculations from the National Partnership for Women and Families, between April 14 and Aug. 16 of 2021, just 13 percent of Arkansas parents and 14 percent of Mississippi parents were backstopped by paid sick leave when they had a child who was too sick to attend school or day care. A mere 18 percent of parents in Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Texas were able to take paid time off to care for their sick children. Workers in some industries don’t have paid sick days at all. Employees in the rail industry nearly went on strike to protest their employers’ practice of penalizing them for taking unpaid leave.
New Employer Guide Is A ‘Blueprint’ for Gender Equity in Workplace
Dec 7, 2022 |
Recommendations in “Partnership in Action” would help women return to work
The Pandemic Has Created Two Very Different Kinds of Workplaces. That Especially Matters for Women – POLITICO
Dec 5, 2022 |
“We have more pro-worker, pro-family, [Democratic] trifecta states now with the latest election,” Sharita Gruberg, vice president of economic justice at the National Partnership for Women and Families, said. “We will continue to see states not wait for the federal government.”
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