White House Advisor Terrell McSweeny Links New Work and Family Policies to Security of Middle Class Families
White House Advisor, Public Health and Workplace Advocates to Hold Paid Sick Days Briefing April 27
New Findings: Paid Sick Days for 50 Million Uncovered Workers Next Step in Containing Health Costs
Testimony of Portia Wu before House Education and Labor Committee on “Work-Life Balance Award Act”
National Partnership Vice President Testifies to Support H.R.4855
What Does the Wage Gap Cost America’s Women? Food for 1.7 Years, Rent for 13 Months, or Mortgage/Utilities for Seven Months
For Equal Pay Day, New Report Tallies Cost of Wage Gap to Women in Each State
Survey shows day cares are too quick to send sick kids home – USA Today
Nearly half of all non-government workers — and 79% of low-income workers — don’t get paid sick days, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Health Reform Gives Nursing Moms a “Reasonable Break” at Work
New Law Sets First-Ever Federal Standard to Help Nursing Mothers Pump on the Job
New Rules About Breast Pumps at Work – New York Times’ “Motherlode”
The National Partnership for Women and Families suggests the following resources for those seeking information on the new law and suggestions of how to implement a lactation policy in their workplace.
Work/Family Leader Lauds Representatives Woolsey and Miller for Introducing Work-Life Balance Award Act of 2010
Employers that Adopt Outstanding Work-Family Policies Deserve Recognition, Ness Says
Women’s Leader Lauds Harkin, Senate HELP Committee For Holding Hearing on Equal Pay; Urges Senate To Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President
National Partnership for Women & Families
Year after Obama Signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into Law, Leading Women’s Group Urges Senate to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President
National Partnership for Women & Families
Senate bill’s wellness provisions spur discrimination worries – Modern Healthcare
Women could face discrimination in the workplace if certain wellness provisions in the Senate health reform bill go into effect, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Law to Correct FMLA for Flight Attendants, Airline Employees an Overdue Victory for Working Families in Airline Industry
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President,
National Partnership for Women & Families
Raising the Global Floor: Unprecedented New Study Finds Family-Friendly Workplace Policies Support Jobs, Enhance Competitiveness
Raising the Global Floor: Unprecedented New Study Finds that
Family-Friendly Workplace Policies and Protections
Support Jobs, Enhance Competitiveness | Eight-Year Worldwide Study Finds U.S. Lacking Compared to Other Nations on Paid Sick Days, Paid Paternal Leave, Breastfeeding, Other Worker Supports
US lags in workplace protections – Marketplace (blog)
Debra Ness: It puts to rest finally many of the claims that are repeatedly made that putting in place family friendly workplace policies will …
Media Advisory: Raising the Global Floor, Briefing, November 17
Tuesday November 17 Briefing on Unprecedented Eight-Year Worldwide Study that
Compares U.S. to Other Nations on Paid Sick Days and Maternal/ Paternal Leave, Breastfeeding, Other Supports and Protections,
And Examines Their Impact on Jobs & Competitiveness
Senate Vote to Correct FMLA for Flight Attendants, Airline Employees Is “Good News, and Long Overdue”
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President,
National Partnership for Women & Families
Swine flu: Without paid sick leave, workers won’t stay home – Christian Science Monitor
“The flu epidemic really brings into sharp relief the kind of strain that this is putting on families,” says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
Debra Ness Testifies before Senate HELP Committee, Subcommittee on Children and Families
Debra Ness Oral Testimony
Nation’s Top Paid Sick Days Experts React to House Introduction Of Emergency Influenza Containment Act
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Ness Calls Defense Authorization Bill ‘Important Step Forward’ Because It Expands FMLA and Hate Crimes Law
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President
National Partnership for Women & Families
