Una nueva propuesta realizaría la promesa de la FMLA dice el campeón líder de ambas propuestas
The FAMILY Act is Badly Needed to Update the Outdated Workplace Policies That Are Hurting America’s Families
New Proposal Would Fulfill Promise of the FMLA, Says Leading Champion of Both Bills
What Happened When I Didn’t Have Paid Family Leave – Huffington Post
According to the National Partnership for Women & Families , a mere 11 of the U.S. work force has paid family leave through their employer, and fewer than 40 percent have access to personal medical leave through an employer-provided temporary insurance program.
An important act for American families – MSNBC’s The Cycle
Vicki Shabo joins to discuss the importance of the recently-proposed Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act to millions of Americans.
New Act Proposes National Paid Family Leave Policy – New York Times’ “Motherlode”
“This law will make our culture in general more accepting of workers who have work-family demands,” Ms. Shabo said, “in the same way that the Family Medical Leave Act changed culture around caregiving and normalized unpaid time off.”
Officials working to improve pay equity for women: They’re paid 33 percent less than males – Missoulian
Those numbers persist despite the fact that there 37,454 households in Montana are headed by women, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Fast Food Protests Bring Out the Twitter Fan Mail – Women’s eNews
The National Partnership for Women and Families and The United Food and Commercial Workers, both based in Washington, D.C., also expressed support.
Real Family Values: Paid Family Leave – Center for American Progress
In fact, a National Partnership for Women & Families exit poll conducted during the 2012 election found that 96 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of Republicans considered it very or somewhat important that the federal government consider new laws to keep families economically secure—including creating a system of insurance that would fund paid family leave.
Hearing Held in East Goshen on Truitt Family Leave Legislation – Pennsylvania News & Buzz
Those testifying in favor of House Bill 298 included representatives from the Family Values at Work Consortium, PathWaysPA and the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Gillibrand Steps Up for Working Women – The American Prospect
According to Shabo, because the FAMILY Act would act as social insurance rather than a labor standard, it isn’t meant to supplant the FMLA. “Ideally, we see FMLA expansion moving on a parallel track, so that we’re also providing greater access to the FMLA for folks,” Shabo says.
Advocates Prepare for Next Round in New York Women’s Equality Act – Colorlines
According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, black women in N.Y. earn 79 cents and Latina women in N.Y. earn 64 cents to every dollar earned by white men.
Advocates Say It’s Time for State to Mandate and Expand Paid Sick Leave – NJ Spotlight
The effects of having employees go to work while sick can be far ranging, noted Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs for the Washington, D.C.,-based National Partnership for Women & Families.
APHA approves policy statements on paid leave and workplace injury prevention – ScienceBlogs
At the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in Boston this week, the organization officially approved 17 policy statements, including one calling for the US to improve access to paid sick and family leave and one urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require workplace injury and illness prevention programs.
Senate Vote on ENDA is a “Tremendous and Long Overdue Step for Fairness and Families,” Says Women’s Leader
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
On the 35th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Families are Struggling Because the Law’s Promise is Still Not Fully Realized
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Newark Adds to Paid Sick Days Momentum in the Garden State
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Two GNC managers fight ban on overtime – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“There are a number of reports that have come out about wage theft, which is depriving workers of overtime pay,” said Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Looking at Seattle’s gender pay gap – The Capitol Hill Times
The National Partnership for Women and Families, a non-partisan non-profit organization advocating for women’s rights since 1971, is the source of the gender pay gap report.
Jersey City Mayor Signs Nation’s Seventh Paid Sick Days Law
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Female Pols Led Shutdown’s End; Sex Traffic Reported – Women’s eNews
The National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C., said many of the families hurt by the shutdown will feel its effects for some time.
