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Jan 12, 2015 |
“What we often hear is that women think they have a right to paid maternity leave, but in actuality only 60 percent of workers are even eligible for unpaid leave,” Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families,’ tells Yahoo! Parenting.
Jan 8, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jan 7, 2015 |
Nationwide, three states and sixteen cities have passed paid sick days laws. At the same time, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families, “nearly four in 10 private sector workers can’t earn paid sick days.”
Jan 7, 2015 |
More than 250,000 women a year are denied their requests for pregnancy accommodation, according to a 2013 survey by Childbirth Connection, a project of the National Partnership for Women & Families. More than half the women surveyed said they did not request an accommodation because they feared retaliation.
Dec 29, 2014 |
Memo to Interested Media
Dec 18, 2014 |
A new survey recently released by the National Partnership for Women & Families found that 86% of patients with online access to their EHRs use it, and they report higher levels of knowledge about their health and a desire to “do something” to improve their health.
Dec 15, 2014 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Dec 15, 2014 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Dec 12, 2014 |
Mark Savage, director of health IT policy and programs at the National Partnership, told Bloomberg BNA that patients advocates like himself and privacy experts are concerned that de-identified data, health records stripped of information that directly identifies the patient such as names or addresses, can be re-identified, or traced back to the original record.
Dec 12, 2014 |
Not only are more consumers accessing their online electronic health records (EHRs), but patients’ trust in the privacy and security of EHRs has increased since 2011, according to a recent National Partnership for Women & Families study.
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In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the National Partnership for Women & Families will hold a gala dinner honoring key champions for the policies America’s women and families need: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell, U.S....
“The Minneapolis City Council’s vote today to approve a paid sick days ordinance that Mayor Hodges supports puts the city on track to become the first in the Midwest to ensure that most workers do not have to sacrifice a paycheck or their jobs when they...
“The final overtime rule the U.S. Department of Labor will issue tomorrow will finally end the days when people who work long hours for poverty wages are not required to receive overtime pay. By updating wage and hour protections that have been allowed to erode...
Last month, our friends at Texas Freedom Network Education Fund’s (TFNEF) program for young activists, Texas Rising, hosted a series of Lies into Laws Forums on college campuses around the state to empower students to call out lawmakers who are turning lies into...
This week, Rep. Mimi Walters (R-Calif.) introduced the deceptively named Workflex in the 21st Century Act – H.R. 4219 – in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is an obvious effort by the organized business lobby to reverse the paid sick days...
You may have read about Jane Doe – a 17-year-old who is being held in a government-funded shelter in Texas because she is an unaccompanied immigrant minor.Jane wanted an abortion and secured funding for it — but for more than a month, Trump administration...
We, the undersigned organizations, express our strong support for an appropriation of $23 million for the State Paid Leave Fund within the U.S. Department of Labor. Grants made from this fund will assist states in planning, startup and outreach activities related to...
On behalf of the National Partnership for Women & Families and the undersigned organizations, we thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Department of Labor’s request for comments on the proposed extension of the approval of information collection...
The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to respond to the Department of Labor’s request for public comment. This letter responds to the Wage and Hour Division’s proposed information collection request for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...
