The National Partnership for Women & Families, in collaboration with HealthConnect One, the National Health Law Program, and Tewa Women United, released today a new report, Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Doula Support, highlighting how doula support can make...
Exelon Commits to White House Equal Pay Pledge to Promote Gender Equity in the Workplace – Business Wire – Business Wire
“We commend Exelon’s dedication to promoting pay equity in the workplace by signing the White House Equal Pay Pledge, and we urge others to follow in the company’s footsteps to strengthen workplace protections for women and advance fair and family friendly policies,” said National Partnership for Women & Families President Debra Ness.
New Poll and Website Analysis Show Candidates Benefit from Prioritizing Family Friendly Workplace Policies
A Majority of Voters Say They Are More Likely to Vote for Candidates Who Talk About Workplace Supports, One-Third of Candidate Websites Highlighted Them in 2016
Passage of D.C.’s Universal Paid Leave Act an ‘Important Step Forward’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
US Businesses Cheer Overtime Ruling; Many Already Upped Pay – Associated Press – Associated Press
“This is about the worst news they could get heading into Thanksgiving and the holiday season,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a Washington, D.C.-based group that promotes workplace fairness.
Most Women in Fast Food Industry Cannot Earn Paid Sick Time, Have Gone to Work with ‘Troubling Symptoms,’ Survey Finds
New Poll Shows Significant Disparities in Paid Sick Days Access by Income and Region
Millions of Women, Workers Will Suffer If Injunction Against Overtime Rule Stands
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Family leave, an unexpected election winner? – Boston Globe
“We saw in poll after poll, voters saying this was an issue they cared about,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. While many such policies have been supported by progressive candidates for decades, “the fact that it came up in the general election by the Republican candidate was totally unprecedented.”
As Pregnancy Discrimination Act Turns 38, New Analysis Shows Unlawful Treatment of Women in the Workplace Remains Widespread
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Data Show Reports of Pregnancy Discrimination Span Industries, States, and Races and Ethnicities
This Congress Should Take The Opportunity To Make Progress For Pregnant Workers – Huffington Post
National Partnership President Debra Ness discusses new data on pregnancy discrimination in the workplace and why we need Congress to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Obama Administration Champions Pay Equity, But Some Allege Overreach – Law.com
“I do think it set a tone for the administration, and maybe even more than a tone, it showed us what the administration’s priorities would be,” said Sarah Fleisch Fink, director of workplace policy and senior counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families, which advocates for pay equity for women.
Why Latina Women Are Earning Significantly Less Than White Men – NPR
Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Vicki Shabo, Vice President of the National Partnership for Women and Families on the wage gap for women who are Latina.
McDonald’s Employees Sexually Harassed at Work, According to New Video – Yahoo! Beauty
“This is appalling,” said Sarah Fleisch Fink, director of workplace policy and senior counsel at the organization. “Women in the fast food industry struggle to pay their rent, feed their kids, [and] buy warm clothes in the winter. We must do more to protect them from sexual harassment and ensure their employers take appropriate action when it does occur.”
Survey Shows Two in Five Women in Fast-Food Industry Face Sexual Harassment on the Job
Forty-Two Percent Feel Forced to Accept Abuse Because They Can’t Afford to Lose Their Job
‘Midwest Momentum’ Continues as Illinois’ Cook County Approves Region’s Fourth Paid Sick Days Law This Year
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘Historic Steps Forward in the Fight for Paid Sick Days and Fair Pay,’ Ness Says, Lauding Obama Administration for Two Actions
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Report: States Restricting Abortion Access Don’t Help New Parents Either – Rewire News Group
“When a woman who was denied abortion coverage cannot keep her job because her employer refuses to make reasonable accommodations for her pregnancy–when she has no paid sick days for prenatal appointments or well-baby care–no paid family and medical leave to use after giving birth–the deck is truly stacked against her,” Debra L. Ness, president of National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement released with the analysis.
A Punitive Double Bind: Families Suffer When States Deny Abortion Coverage and Fail to Support Expecting and New Parents
Analysis Identifies Worst States for Low-Income Women, Marks 40 Years of Hyde Amendment
D.C. May Become The Second Place To Ban Employers From Asking About Salary History – DCist
While D.C. has historically had one of the lowest pay wage gaps in the nation, it remains stark: women make 90 cents to the dollar for men, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Poverty decreased, but it’s not time to celebrate – The Hill
The National Partnership for Women and Families says that the gender pay gap in Connecticut is 83 cents, while in Mississippi, it’s 77 cents.
Of course Hillary Clinton went to work sick. That’s the American way. – Washington Post
Recent years have seen some legal advances, with more than two dozen cities, five states and the District of Columbia passing sick leave laws, but, “what we need to do is pass the Healthy Family Act, that’s the bottom line,” says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.