An election eve survey commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families found bipartisan support for laws ensuring workers the right to earn paid sick days and “creating a system of family and medical leave insurance”: 86 percent of respondents who supported both candidates considered it important, and 63 percent called it “very important.”
Organization that Wrote, Championed FMLA Urges Lawmakers to Expand It
TIME 20 Years of Success: New Federal Study Finds Family and Medical Leave Act … PR Newswire (press release) The National Partnership for Women & Families wrote and championed the FMLA, and has led efforts to defend and expand it in states and …
Tuesday is the 20th Anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“Paid family leave is likely to emerge in Obama’s second term: the National Partnership for Women and Families is currently working with Representative Rosa DeLauro and other representatives on a major family leave bill that could extend the leave that people in California, Washington, and New Jersey currently receive to all Americans.”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
The health advantages of sick days Washington Post … for paid sick days would not stop the flu, but it would mean that more people could stay home when they get it. It should be a high priority for Congress.
Un nuevo analisis muestra una brecha salarial severa en estados con la mayor cantidad de latinas en la fuerza laboral
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Vicki Shabo directs work and family programs for the National Partnership for Women and Families. She says a big problem being overlooked is that at least 40 percent of the people who work in the United States don’t have paid sick leave.
New Analysis Reveals Punishing Wage Gap in States with the Largest Number of Latinas in the Workforce
New Analysis Reveals Punishing Wage Gap in States with the Largest Number of African American Women in the Workforce
The National Partnership for Women & Families just released an exit poll showing that three-quarters of voters struggle to meet both work and family responsibilities. Nearly four in ten said it’s a hardship “all the time” or “very often”—shockingly high.
The Nation. (blog) A new poll, out this week from Lake Research Partners and The Tarrance Group for the National Partnership for Women & Families, found …
Three in Four Americans Struggle with Work and Family Conflict, Think Congress and the President Should Take Up Paid Sick Days, Paid Family and Medical Leave
The Atlantic Why Paid Leave Could Pass in Obama’s Second Term: Americans Want It The Atlantic … new Congress and the president consider laws that help secure working families, such as paid family leave and paid sick days, according to an exit …
According to Vicki Shabo of the National Partnership for Women and Families, a few members of Congress are currently building a movement around paid family leave that could find its way to Obama’s desk at some point in the next four years.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in an important workplace harassment case, Maetta Vance v. Ball State University. The Court’s decision will determine the extent to which employers can be held accountable for harassment by supervisors. At...
Indiana Public Media US Supreme Court examines role of supervisor in workplace suits CNN The AARP and National Partnership for Women & Families are backing Vance. Those groups worry restricting who qualifies as a supervisor would allow business …