“It’s a real step forward for our country because of the significance of New York City, the number of workers this supports and the fact that this creates momentum around the country,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, one of the groups pushing the paid sick time cause nationwide.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Testimony of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families, on Introduction 0097-2010: In relation to the provision of sick time earned by employees. Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor.
Only 19% of low-wage workers have access to paid sick days, and adults without sick leave are 1.5 times more likely to go to work sick, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families.
A week after city councils in Portland and Philadelphia passed ordinances that would let workers earn paid sick days, members of Congress are pushing for a national standard. Senator Tom Harkin (D Iowa) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D Conn.) will introduce the...
Debra L. Ness, president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Partnership for Women & Families… issued a statement March 13 congratulating Portland on the passage of the law.
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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.”
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
“It’s natural that if you’re worrying about the size of a soda,” says Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at Washington DC’s National Partnership of Women & Families, “you’re also worrying whether the person serving it to you had no choice but to sneeze in it.”
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Statement of Debra Ness, President, National Partnership for Women
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NBC Latino Workplace policies are failing working moms, say Latina advocates NBC Latino “Nearly 12 million Latinos – almost 60 percent of the Hispanic workforce, have no access to a paid sick day,” says Leticia Mederos, vice president of the …
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
The National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit that supports Coleman, says the outcome of the case could affect more than five million employees who work for state governments nationwide.
