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Jan 17, 2012 |
WHAT: The Center for Women and Work (CWW) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the National Partnership for Women & Families, based in Washington, D.C., will convene a conference call to discuss the new study, Pay Matters: The Positive Economic Impacts...
Jan 11, 2012 |
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Daniel Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals, a case in which the justices will decide whether states can be held accountable for violating the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) if they deny state workers the...
Jan 11, 2012 |
The National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit that supports Coleman, says the outcome of the case could affect more than five million employees who work for state governments nationwide.
Jan 5, 2012 |
The Nation. (blog) Sweet Victories: Lessons for 2012 The Nation. (blog) The coalition relied on smart research and advice from the likes of the National Partnership for Women and Families, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the Economic …
Jan 3, 2012 |
On January 11th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals a case likely to determine whether millions of state workers will continue to have access to the vitally important self-care medical leave provision of the Family and...
Dec 31, 2011 |
"January 1, 2012 will be a historic day as Connecticut becomes the first state to guarantee its workers the right to earn paid sick time," said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, which has led efforts to enact family friendly...
Dec 27, 2011 |
Editor’s note: See additional posts discussing Pioneer accountable care organizations by Steven Lieberman and Douglas Hastings. We have commended the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on this blog in the past for actions regarding …
Dec 16, 2011 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families and Leader, Campaign for Better Care
Dec 15, 2011 |
Overdue Progress Illinois The following is a statement from Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, on the Obama …
Dec 15, 2011 |
“At a time when we are rightfully focused on creating jobs, this rule will improve working conditions in a growing industry, attract more workers to it and better …
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Today, to mark the 21st anniversary of the implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the National Partnership for Women & Families released the seventh edition of its guide to the law and the protections it provides. The guide, which is available...
Hoy, para marcar el vigésimo primer aniversario de la implementación de la Ley de Ausencia Familiar y Médica, el National Partnership for Women & Families (Asociación Nacional para Mujeres y Familias) lanzó la séptima...
“The executive order President Obama signed today sends a clear signal that violating our nation’s labor laws is unacceptable and will have real consequences. By ensuring that only companies with a history of complying with federal workplace laws receive...
Mothers are the health care decision makers in our country – they make approximately 80 percent of the health care decisions in their families. Moms take the lead role in choosing health plans, scheduling doctors' appointments, filling prescriptions and making...
It’s no surprise these days that women’s wages are essential to their families and our economy. Women make up nearly half of the workforce and are breadwinners in two-thirds of families. Yet women suffer disproportionately from low wages and blatant pay...
Also at MomsRising.For a country that claims to value families, the United States does little to show it when it comes to the workplace. Not only are we one of the only countries that does not guarantee new moms and dads paid leave, but there are more than 40 million...
Health systems should enthusiastically embrace and publicly promote their adoption of online notes sharing, drawing upon the overwhelmingly positive reception by diverse patients at hospitals and health systems across the state of New York. In addition to fostering...
POLICY METRICS | These metrics present the aspects of paid sick days policies that will have the most impact on whether workers in low-wage jobs are covered by and can utilize the laws’ protections.
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