In a moment when lawlessness has taken center stage globally, today’s announcement of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as President Biden’s nominee to the United States Supreme Court is an important — and, indeed, joyous — reminder of the need to...
More Than 200 Professors from the Nation’s Top Business Schools Send Historic Letter to Congress Calling for a National Paid Leave Program
Today, 203 professors from 88 business and management schools, including the nation’s most prestigious institutions, sent an unprecedented letter to Congress urging members to pass the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act – legislation that...
In Unprecedented Move, More Than 150 Professors From the Nation’s Top Business Schools to Urge Congress to Create a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
On the heels of President Obama’s first-ever call for a national paid family and medical leave law, more than 150 professors from the nation’s most prestigious business schools will send a historic letter to Congress urging members to pass the Family And...
Women’s Leader Praises Labor Department for Removing ‘A Major Barrier to Fair Pay’ for 28 Million Workers
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
DOL rule lets federally contracted workers openly discuss pay – The Hill
“This harmful gap has remained largely unchanged for the past decade,” the partnership’s president, Debra Ness, said in a statement. “Coupled with the president’s paid sick days and paid family and medical leave announcement earlier this week, this rule is further evidence that the progress working families urgently need is possible.”
A Labor Day to Remember! Women’s Leader Applauds President Obama for Issuing Executive Order on Paid Sick Time, Calling for a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Law Such as the FAMILY Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
We Need Paid Family and Medical Leave for Life’s Happy, Sad and Scary Times – Working Mother
“The FAMILY Act would mean we could take the time we need to recover from a serious illness, take care of a loved one or welcome a new child,” writes National Partnership Vice President Vicki Shabo in this piece for Working Mother magazine.
‘It’s About Time’ New Overtime Rule Would Mean Greater Economic Security for Millions of Women, Workers and Families
In Comments Filed Today, Leading Women’s Group Urges Swift Implementation
Boosting Family Leave Is Often About Getting Workers To Stay – NPR
Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women and Families, says today’s leave policies have a socioeconomic divide. “As we saw with Netflix, sometimes companies have one set of policies for their most highly compensated … white-collar workers and then a different set of policies or no policies at all for their hourly workers or lower-skilled workers,” Shabo says
Paycheck parity: Assembly backs equal pay for women – L.A. Times
When speaking in support of the measure, Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose) cited a study by the National Partnership for Women and Families, which found that working women in California lose $33.6 billion each year due to the wage gap.
What the Overtime Proposal Is Really About – Huffington Post
The National Partnership’s Debra L. Ness authored this blog post about the U.S. Department of Labor proposed updates to the rules that determine who qualifies for overtime pay.
Women’s Leader Lauds Obama Administration’s Actions on Fair Pay, Paid Sick Days as ‘Huge and Very Meaningful Steps Forward’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Obama Planning to Require Paid Sick Leave for Contractors – Bloomberg Business
“An executive order that requires contractors to provide paid sick days is a substantial step in the right direction,” Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said in a phone interview.
The one big problem with Netflix’s unlimited maternity policy – Fortune
“Having a set amount of time crates a more tangible expectation or norm. Unlimited policies can seem amorphous,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
New State-by-State Fact Sheets Show That Workers, Families and the Economy Suffer Because the Nation Has Not Adopted a Paid Sick Days Standard
A new series of fact sheets released today by the National Partnership for Women & Families explore by state the impact of our nation’s failure to guarantee all workers the right to earn paid sick days. Today in the United States, nearly 40 percent of private...
Key Senate Dem pushes case for paid sick leave – The Hill
But Murray and outside supporters, like the National Partnership for Women and Families and YWCA USA, have said the sort of economic security provided by paid sick leave is especially helpful to low-income and minority workers.
New Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Confirm Paid Sick Days Progress in Some Areas, Underscore the Need for a National Standard
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
‘We Will All Be Better Off When the Equality Act Becomes Law,’ Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Pa. Workers, Businesses Need a Paid Sick Leave Law – Philly.com
The National Partnership for Women and Families reports that in San Francisco, the first American city to enact sick leave legislation, more than 70 percent of employers said there was no impact on their profitability.
Lots Of Other Countries Mandate Paid Leave. Why Not The U.S.? – NPR
“Here in the U.S., while the war was going on, you had women in jobs in factories and in all kinds of jobs the men had held. But women went home” when the soldiers returned from the war, explains Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Schedules That Work Act is Critical to Combating ‘Unpredictable, Unfair and Unacceptable Scheduling Practices,’ Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families