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Feb 6, 2023 |
“The law was a groundbreaking step forward, making clear that a policy enabling workers to care for their families was an essential, baseline labor standard,” said Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the organization that was the primary architect of the FMLA law and struggled for nearly 10 years to pass it.
Feb 6, 2023 |
The other thing that we know, of the 44 percent of workers who aren’t covered by the FMLA, that workers of color are disproportionately in that number, 48 percent of what Latinx workers, 47 percent of Asian workers, 43 percent of Black workers. So workers of color are bearing the brunt of the gaps of the FMLA. And those are gaps that we should fill.
Feb 6, 2023 |
“It was thought of, at the time, by us as an important civil rights piece of legislation,” said Lichtman, the former president and now senior advisor at the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Feb 6, 2023 |
An analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families found that the FMLA has been used 460 million times since it was signed into law.
Feb 6, 2023 |
National Partnership welcomes Shilpa Phadke and Lisa Osborne Ross to the Board of Directors WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 6, 2023 – Today the National Partnership announced the additions of Shilpa Phadke and Lisa Ross to the Board of Directors. Shilpa and Lisa were...
Feb 3, 2023 |
“Women have been expected to take on [caregiving] and handle it without complaint and largely without support,” says Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership. “The Family and Medical Leave Act rejected the premise that it‚Äôs a woman’s lot in life to do that work. Instead, what the FMLA said is that all workers have some sort of care need, and we need to be able to ensure that those folks can take time off and come back to their jobs.”
Feb 3, 2023 |
“The law’s longevity is a point of pride for organizations like the National Partnership for Women & Families, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that played a lead role in drafting the FMLA and advocating for its passage.”
Feb 1, 2023 |
Jocelyn Frye, the president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, says: “The FMLA was a groundbreaking step forward, but our work is not done. We cannot continue to ignore the care needs of workers and their families. Our nation’s leaders need to step up and make the choice to enact policies that enable workers to do their jobs and care for their families without putting their livelihoods at risk.”
Feb 1, 2023 |
Ahead of FMLA’s 30th anniversary, researchers find a lack of paid leave makes economic challenges worse across the U.S.
Feb 1, 2023 |
On the eve of the 30th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act – also known as FMLA –, the National Partnership for Women & Families released a new analysis which finds that FMLA has been used more than 460 million times since being signed into law.
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