Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
New Paid Leave Data: Despite Some Success, Vast Majority of Working People Still Left Behind
New data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today makes clear that tens of millions of workers at all wage levels and in every type of job and sector are being left behind when it comes to access to paid family leave. The data show that 17 percent of all...
New Study Finds 25 States Doing Little or Nothing to Provide Working People Access to Expanded Family and Medical Leave
State-by-State Analysis Reinforces Urgent Need for Congress to Act
Stalled Progress: New Census Data Show No Gains on the Gender Wage Gap or Women’s Insurance Rates
New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today reveal that we still have much progress to make around providing health insurance to women and families and closing the wage gap, according to analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families. The National...
Michigan Lawmakers Must Honor the Promise They Made To Constituents Today By Preserving Paid Sick Days Law as Passed
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How schools are failing working parents — and how some are helping – Washington Post
When it comes to schools providing care, the problem is largely one of funding, says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. The federal government, she says, should do more to help. A cohesive federal policy to fund after-school care, rather than what she calls today’s “patchwork” of programs, would “ease the burden on local school districts.”
Well-Designed Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs Can Help Families of Color and Make Our Nation Stronger and More Just, New Report Concludes
Structural and discriminatory barriers have disadvantaged people of color throughout our country’s history and are responsible for punishing economic, wealth and health disparities that persist today. Our failure to adopt a national paid family and medical leave...
A Settled Matter: Voters Across Parties and Key Demographics Want a National Paid Leave Program that Covers Everyone
Powerful Consensus that Paid Leave Should Cover Child and Elder Care and Personal Medical Leave, Be Paid for By Employers and Employees, Make It Possible for Low-Income Workers to Afford to Take Leave
Sen. Marco Rubio shouldn’t ask parents to delay Social Security to get family leave – Sun Sentinel
“We appreciate that Sen. Rubio and Rep. Wagner are looking for a way to provide the paid leave America’s families urgently need,” said the Partnership’s president, Debra L. Ness, “but a program that only covers parents caring for new children, provides no leave for family care and personal medical needs, and forces parents to choose between paid leave and retirement security is absolutely the wrong way to go.”
Rubio Paid Leave Plan is ‘Wrong for America.’ It Excludes Most Workers, Jeopardizes Essential Social Security Benefits
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘An Unfair, Undemocratic, Underhanded Attempt to Take Away the Paid Sick Days Workers Have Won and Need,’ Women’s Leader Says, Blasting Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
House Hearing Underscored Harm that Deceptively Named ‘Workflex’ Bill Would Cause to Women, Workers, Families Across Country
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Enormous Progress, Shocking Disparities on Paid Sick Days; New Data Underscore Need for Congress to Pass Healthy Families Act and Reject False Alternatives
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Paid Family Leave Can Make It Through Congress This Year, Predicts Key GOP Senator – Forbes
Paid family leave is already required in six states and numerous cities covering 41 million people, National Partnership for Women & Families Vice President for Workplace Policies and Strategies Vicki Shabo testified.
Oral Testimony of Vicki Shabo, United States Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
Hearing on Examining the Importance of Paid Family Leave for American Working Families
MEDIA ADVISORY: National Paid Leave Expert to Testify Before Senate Subcommittee on Best Way Forward on Paid Leave
Shabo Will Urge Congress to Pass a Paid Leave Plan that Covers All Family Caregiving and Personal Medical Needs and Does Not Require Leave-Takers to Lose Social Security Benefits
Supreme Court Ruling in Janus Case a Blow to Working Women, But the Fight for Justice for All Workers Will Continue
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘Scary Moment for Our Country’ as Justice Kennedy Retires
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
With executive order, Va. governor expands paid family leave for state employees – Washington Post
Parental leave benefits for state employees remain “sparse and uncommon,” but they are part of a trend, said Vicki Shabo, vice president for workplace policies and strategies at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “This is part of the momentum that we’re seeing.”
Massachusetts Poised to Become Sixth State, Plus D.C., to Adopt Paid Family and Medical Leave – If Governor Baker Signs Bill Without Delay
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
