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Family-centered Utah needs paid parental leave – The Salt Lake Tribune
Dec 17, 2016 |
Utah is a state that emphasizes strengthening families. However, our current treatment of working mothers does not reflect this community value.
Obama Administration’s Final Rule ‘Protects Access to Essential Women’s Health Care’
Dec 14, 2016 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
American Express Is Giving Workers 20 Weeks of Parental Leave and $35,000 for Infertility Treatment – Fortune – Fortune
Dec 12, 2016 |
Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, says that whenever companies “recognize that employees have personal lives that should be rich and fulfilling…it’s a positive thing.”
Paid family & medical leave: A support for small businesses and working Vermonters – Rutland Herald
Dec 10, 2016 |
My name is Cecile Johnston, and I am the owner of Jumping Raindrops Sewing and Design in Montpelier. I’m writing to address the importance of a statewide family and medical leave insurance program and shine a light on the very real implications such a program would have for families throughout the state of Vermont.
Expected Nomination of Puzder to Serve as Labor Secretary ‘Betrays America’s Workers’
Dec 8, 2016 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Congressional leaders should reject Trump’s maternity leave scheme – The Hill
Dec 8, 2016 |
We were glad to hear the President-elect talk about the need for relief for working women. But those of us who have fought for decades for affordable leave cannot support his flawed proposal for paid maternity leave, and members of Congress who believe in real policy change for working families should not support it either.
Exelon Commits to White House Equal Pay Pledge to Promote Gender Equity in the Workplace – Business Wire – Business Wire
Dec 7, 2016 |
“We commend Exelon’s dedication to promoting pay equity in the workplace by signing the White House Equal Pay Pledge, and we urge others to follow in the company’s footsteps to strengthen workplace protections for women and advance fair and family friendly policies,” said National Partnership for Women & Families President Debra Ness.
Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Anti-Woman? – New York Times – The New York Times
Dec 7, 2016 |
“They will frame this as flexibility, but it’s about the federal government paying less or making it easier for states to cut back on services,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Passage of D.C.’s Universal Paid Leave Act an ‘Important Step Forward’
Dec 6, 2016 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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