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Aug 31, 2018 |
When it comes to schools providing care, the problem is largely one of funding, says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. The federal government, she says, should do more to help. A cohesive federal policy to fund after-school care, rather than what she calls today’s “patchwork” of programs, would “ease the burden on local school districts.”
Aug 23, 2018 |
[M]any employers aren’t making it easy for [women] with their limited family leave policies, rigid cultures and business models that, in practice, often really don’t support working parents.
Aug 22, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Aug 22, 2018 |
The problem with policies that don’t distinguish between leisure time and sick time, however, is that workers often will go to great lengths to avoid taking off for the latter. As such, many have a tendency to come to work sick, which pretty much benefits no one.
Aug 22, 2018 |
The county legislature is considering a bill to require all employers provide some sick time, even for part-time workers – although the smallest businesses would be able to make it unpaid. [Includes video.]
Aug 18, 2018 |
Donating sick and vacation days may seem like a thoughtful way to have a colleague’s back, but it’s also a spotlight on a gaping need to fix an utterly broken system.
Aug 14, 2018 |
Washington, D.C. — The National Partnership for Women & Families — which advocates for fairness in the workplace, access to quality, affordable health care, reproductive health and rights, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work...
Aug 10, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Aug 9, 2018 |
Employees without paid sick benefits – of which there are 34.2 million in the private sector – are three times more likely to have family incomes below the poverty line, according to research from Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University published in Social Work in Health Care.
Aug 9, 2018 |
Structural and discriminatory barriers have disadvantaged people of color throughout our country’s history and are responsible for punishing economic, wealth and health disparities that persist today. Our failure to adopt a national paid family and medical leave...
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“The momentum for a national paid family and medical leave policy has reached the United States Senate. Today, four Republicans joined all Senate Democrats who were present to vote in favor of Sen. Brian Schatz’s motion to instruct conferees to include the...
Today’s jobs data shows an economy holding fairly steady, with 199,000 new jobs added in November, just over half of which (110,000) went to women. Nearly a quarter of the jobs added last month came as striking workers returned following successful contract...
Top Lawmakers Drop Abortion Limits From Defense Bill, Setting up Fight With the Right Politico, December 7, 2023 A compromise defense policy bill unveiled late Wednesday will not include a Republican-backed proposal to block the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy,...
February 6, 2024 update: Due to overwhelming pushback from disabled people, advocates and researchers, the Census announced on February 6, 2024 that it will not make changes to the disability questions in the American Community Survey in 2025 and will engage with the...
FACT SHEET | The people of Massachusetts urgently need a national paid family and medical leave program
FACT SHEET | The people of Maryland urgently need a national paid family and medical leave program
FACT SHEET | The people of Maine urgently need a national paid family and medical leave program
