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Sep 5, 2017 |
[District 4 Councilman Greg] Casar noted the effort to require paid sick leave is no anomaly for Austin; more than 30 cities and seven state pave [sic] passed similar legislation.
Sep 4, 2017 |
“Parents should not have to make that impossible decision of choosing between a paycheck and keeping their sick children home,” said Ina Demers, a member of the Maine Education Association.
Sep 1, 2017 |
If corporations want Millennials to apply for and stay in jobs while having kids, an ideal leave policy would grant parental leave to all employees welcoming a child.
Sep 1, 2017 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Aug 31, 2017 |
If they work for a company with fewer than 50 workers, their bosses are under no obligation to continue to pay their health care benefits during their absence or give them their jobs back when they return.
Aug 30, 2017 |
“ Issuing a ‘review and stay’ of an equal pay initiative aimed at identifying and helping root out pay discrimination is a blatant attack by the Trump administration on fair pay for women and people of color,” Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement.
Aug 30, 2017 |
“At a time when gender- and race-based wage gaps are punishing working people, families and our economy, identifying and addressing pay disparities should be a priority,” Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement.
Aug 30, 2017 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Aug 29, 2017 |
Glacially, at a pace slower than the melting of the ice caps, we are moving toward an acceptance that fathers deserve to spend precious time with their newborn children.
Aug 28, 2017 |
“Here’s a very American masculine institution of baseball that is communicating that babies are men’s work as well as women’s work, and we need to support them becoming a father,” says Claire M. Kamp Dush, an associate professor of family science at The Ohio State University.
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“By finalizing its dangerous, discriminatory short-term, limited-duration insurance rule, the Trump administration is bringing hardship and suffering to millions of women and families who will purchase junk plans that...
“The national paid family leave program Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) plan to unveil tomorrow would exacerbate rather than help solve the enormous challenges families face. We appreciate that Sen. Rubio and Rep. Wagner are looking for a...
“The bill the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions is focused on today would make our country less family friendly and less healthy by letting businesses exempt themselves from state and local paid sick...
These State Supreme Courts Are Weighing Abortion Bans The Washington Post, June 5, 2023 In January, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down restrictions on abortion early in pregnancy, finding the law violated the right to privacy in the state constitution. But...
In 1967, four years after the Equal Pay Act (EPA) was passed, women workers overall were paid 39 cents for every dollar paid to a man. The EPA, in conjunction with other policy and cultural shifts, has shrunk the wage gap by more than 2.5 times since then, making...
May's Job's Report revealed some mixed signals for the economy. While overall job growth was relatively strong, unemployment ticked up, driven largely by increases in unemployment for Black workers. Black women's unemployment rate jumped to 5.3 percent in May after...
A summary of the results of a survey of 2016 general election voters conducted for the National Partnership by Lake Research Partners and the Tarrance Group showing strong support for family friendly workplace polices and the candidates who champion them.
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