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Sep 10, 2015 |
“This harmful gap has remained largely unchanged for the past decade,” the partnership’s president, Debra Ness, said in a statement. “Coupled with the president’s paid sick days and paid family and medical leave announcement earlier this week, this rule is further evidence that the progress working families urgently need is possible.”
Sep 10, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Sep 9, 2015 |
Health Group Files Comments Lauding Proposed Changes, Recommending Enhancements
Sep 9, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Sep 8, 2015 |
Comments from Leading Consumer Health Group Offer Strategies to Improve Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, Cultivate Patient and Family Engagement
Sep 7, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Sep 4, 2015 |
“The FAMILY Act would mean we could take the time we need to recover from a serious illness, take care of a loved one or welcome a new child,” writes National Partnership Vice President Vicki Shabo in this piece for Working Mother magazine.
Sep 3, 2015 |
In Comments Filed Today, Leading Women’s Group Urges Swift Implementation
Sep 3, 2015 |
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Sep 1, 2015 |
Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women and Families, says today’s leave policies have a socioeconomic divide. “As we saw with Netflix, sometimes companies have one set of policies for their most highly compensated … white-collar workers and then a different set of policies or no policies at all for their hourly workers or lower-skilled workers,” Shabo says
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