At the progressive National Partnership for Women and Families, president Debra Ness hailed Obama’s move as a big step for “women and working families.”
Obama executive order to expand overtime pay – Washington Post’s “Federal Eye”
Worker advocates have expressed support for the White House plan. Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said the order is “very welcome and badly needed move to promote fair pay by requiring employers to pay more low-wage workers the wages they rightfully deserve for overtime work.”
President Obama’s plan to make more workers eligible for overtime pay could be a seismic shift – The Kansas City Star
“It’s a very welcome and badly needed move to promote fair pay,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Democratic Lawmakers Propose Requiring Paid Sick Days – Wisconsin Public Radio
“When families can’t afford the basics, local businesses lose sales,“ said Vicki Shabo of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Racism’s at Root of Adegbile Denial – Colorlines
From the National Partnership for Women and Families: “At a time when gender- and race-based wage discrimination persist, when complaints of pregnancy discrimination are on the rise, and when women and men of color too often are denied opportunities to advance their careers, confirming a fair and tireless advocate should have been an easy call and a top priority for every senator.”
Businesses Must Improve Their Family Policies—For ‘Distressed Babies’ and All Workers – RH Reality Check
“Business owners play a key role in confirming that family-friendly workplace policies like paid sick days and paid family and medical leave are win-win for employees and employers,” Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership, told RH Reality Check.
Failure to End Filibuster of Debo Adegbile “Threatens Our Nation’s Promise of Equal Opportunity and Justice for All,” Warns Women’s Leader
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Women’s Leader Applauds President’s FY2015 Budget
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Paid sick day protection gains steam across the U.S. – CNNMoney
Concerns over what paid sick leave could mean for small businesses owners have led to what Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, calls a “counter trend” — legislatures enacting laws against paid sick leave before support for the measure can take hold.
Requiring Paid Sick Leave – Management Decisions
A handful of states are passing laws requiring employers to offer paid sick leave for employees. It’s been a hotly debated topic in recent years with a number of factors playing a role. Vicki Shabo is the Vice President of the National Partnership for Women and Families and she tells Tim Muma why employees need to be given the benefit of paid time off for illnesss.
Vote to Strengthen New York City’s Sick Days Law Shows Lawmakers are in Touch with Working Families, Recognize that Paid Sick Days are “Good Policy and Good Politics”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Baby steps – The Economist
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, a campaign group, the payroll tax costs employees less than $2.25 per month. And when employees use PFL instead of relying on employer-provided paid leave, businesses save money. Indeed 9% of Californian businesses said that PFL had generated cost savings for their firm.
Why your sick co-worker insists on coming in – CBS MoneyWatch
Almost 40 million U.S. workers lack paid sick leave, the National Partnership for Women & Families notes. Its report found that almost one-quarter of adults have either lost a job or been threatened with firing for taking time off to deal with an illness or a sick dependent.
Balancing family and work shouldn’t be hazardous to your employment – Los Angeles Times
A recent survey of 1,000 likely voters, commissioned by American Women, the National Partnership for Women & Families and the Rockefeller Family Fund, shows that a broad demographic swath of voters support family-friendly legislation and will cast their votes accordingly. The poll indicates voters are in favor of policy changes, including making it harder for employers to pay women less than men for similar work, guaranteeing workers the ability to earn paid sick time, and creating a national paid family and medical leave fund.
POLL: Significant Support for Economic Policies for Working Families
National poll shows broad support for pay equity, raising the minimum wage and paid leave; findings a call to action for nation’s leaders
‘Mad Men’ era of U.S. family policy coming to an end? – Washington Post
“This is a reflection of the strong recognition across the country, across region, across class, race, and gender, that something needs to change,” said Vicki Shabo, director of the work and family programs at the National Partnership.
Women Get Less Paid Leave Than Men – ThinkProgress
Women are far less likely than men to get paid leave from their workplaces, according to a new survey commissioned by American Women, the National Partnership for Women & Families, and the Rockefeller Family Fund.
West Virginia Legislator Attempts to Add Anti-Choice Amendments to Pregnancy Discrimination Bill – RH Reality Check
Guarantee of paid sick days stirs debate – NorthJersey.com
The push for sick-leave legislation began in San Francisco, where a group of restaurant workers organized support for a measure that was put on the ballot in November 2006, and won with 61 percent of the vote, said Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs for the National Partnership for Women and Families, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.
Women Are Less Likely To Earn Paid Extended Leave Than Men, New Poll Finds – Huffington Post
“These new data confirm what people across the country have long known, and what too many members of Congress have yet to address – that our nation’s workplace policies are out of sync with real life in this era, and women and families suffer terribly as a result,” Ness said in a statement to HuffPost.