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May 31, 2018 |
Women in the workplace often suffer great consequences for taking large amounts of leave, as opposed to their male counterparts, Sarah Fleisch Fink, general counsel and director of workplace policy for the National Partnership for Women & Families, told Bloomberg Law.
May 30, 2018 |
National Partnership for Women & Families and State Advocates Launch Campaigns and Issue Reports About Abortion Policies in Two States
May 23, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
May 22, 2018 |
Parents, clergy and lawmakers participating in the “Think Babies” demonstration in Trenton spoke broadly about the need for more affordable child care and a more generous paid family leave law that would double time off from six weeks to 12 weeks after a child is born or adopted.
May 22, 2018 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
May 21, 2018 |
Workers in Westchester rallied Monday afternoon in support of paid sick leave. Labor leaders say 125,000 employees in the county do not have it.
May 19, 2018 |
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) has released a new study which finds that approximately 39 percent of San Antonio workers lack paid sick leave, a figure which puts San Antonio above the estimated national average of 36 percent.
May 17, 2018 |
With a growing sense that the US is being left behind by a lack of family-friendly policies, and as more evidence shows that there are advantages to families when such programs are in place, there’s some movement at the federal and local levels, but states are driving change
May 16, 2018 |
Ale Tierra-Williams, a San Antonio-based cook, says the issue is not only a professional concern but also a matter of public health. “The thing is that I work in the service industry so I cannot be at work if I’m sick,” she says. “So that will be, for me, it’s losing hours, losing money and possibly getting fired. It’s that serious.”
May 13, 2018 |
The U.S. can’t afford outdated policies that reduce the growth of the economy; working mothers can no longer accept a situation that creates stress and leads to lost income.
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