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New Analysis: Paid Leave Policy in 14 States Sets a Strong National Standard

Businesses, economies and families benefit from paid family and medical leave; so could the entire U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 3, 2025 – According to new research from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF), paid family and medical...

37 State Economies Harmed by Lack of Paid Leave, According to New Analysis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 3, 2025 – 37 states do not have a statewide paid leave program, while the U.S. is one of six countries in the world that does not have a guaranteed, comprehensive paid family leave program at the national level. This lack of...

National Partnership Condemns Targeted Attempts to Fire EEOC Commissioners

Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 29, 2024 – This week, the Trump Administration unlawfully attempted to fire two of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s sitting...

NEWS: Trump reinstates the ‘global gag rule’ on abortion

Trump Reinstates the ‘Global Gag Rule’ on Abortion The 19th, January 24, 2025 President Donald Trump has directed his administration to block global aid recipients from telling patients about abortion – a move that could weaken reproductive health care...

Asian and Black women lead union growth in 2024, but threats to workers’ rights loom

Today’s release of union data showed women of color and part-time workers led the gains in union membership growth in 2024. While the rate of union membership overall was little changed in 2024, clocking in at 9.9 percent, compared to 10.0 percent in 2023, women of...

Why did the gender wage gap widen for the first time in a generation?

For years, advocates have used the gender wage gap as a metric for progress towards gender equity in the United States. A slew of laws including the 1963 Equal Pay Act, 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act coincided with a gender revolution...

Coalition Letter in Support of Expanding Job Protection in the FMLA

LETTER | On behalf of the undersigned organizations and the tens of millions of working families we represent, we write in support of the Job Protection Act.

Key Facts: The Family and Medical Leave Act

FACT SHEET | The FMLA has been used more than 500 million times by working people who needed to care for their own health or the health of their families. In 2024 alone, more than 15 million workers were supported by the FMLA.

Trump’s plan to decimate the federal workforce will harm disabled workers, veterans, womenof color and the economy

FACT SHEET | Federal employees provide essential services to people – and when they are under threat, so too is that important work. It would also impact the economy overall. Costing hundreds of thousands of workers – or more – their jobs could dramatically spike...

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