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Jun 14, 2018 |
Workers without paid sick leave are three times more likely to have incomes below the poverty line, two new studies find. Compared to adults who have the employee benefit, those without paid sick leave are also more likely to have difficulty affording food. They’re also more likely to use welfare assistance, the researchers said.
Jun 13, 2018 |
At first, I didn’t take the paid sick leave initiative in San Antonio seriously enough, maybe because I’m fortunate enough to be compensated for days I’m out sick. Call it a failure of empathy.
Jun 13, 2018 |
Though a majority of Americans support paid family leave (though they may disagree over how to provide it), new research out in time for Father’s Day suggests insufficient paid leave as well as social expectations prevent fathers from caring for their children as much as they’d like.
Jun 12, 2018 |
According to Vicki Shabo, vice president for the National Partnership for Women & Families, explicit and implicit messages that young and teen girls receive from parents and employers about girls going the extra mile without complaining or asking for compensation can create a troubling lifelong pattern.
Jun 7, 2018 |
Challenges, Progress on Health, Reproductive Rights and
Fair and Family Friendly Workplaces are Focus
Jun 5, 2018 |
National Partnership for Women & Families Annual Dinner to be Held on Thursday, June 7
Jun 5, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jun 4, 2018 |
“These are folks who are struggling,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. “Without income when they need to take time off of work, they face falling deeper into a financial hole. They may need to rely on public assistance. They may need to go into debt.”
Jun 4, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jun 1, 2018 |
According to the National Partnership’s report, Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda Is Undermining Abortion Care and Access in Wisconsin, Wisconsin has a number of abortion restrictions that bear no relationship to medical standards; undermining health care providers’ efforts to provide the highest quality, patient-centered care; and taking decision-making away from women.
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