Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 12, 2024 – The National Partnership for Women & Families praised the critical investments to support working families in President...
Why America Gave Up On The Fight For A Family-Friendly Workplace, And Why It’s Starting Again – ThinkProgress
But that was the culmination of a difficult, nearly nine-year fight. “In the early 80s, when it was first introduced, nobody was even uttering the words work/family policy or work/life balance,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, which played a big role in crafting the FMLA.
The Week That Workers Won (At Least a Little) – Demos.com/Huffington Post
If the bills become law, it would mean that more than 300,000 additional workers gain the right to take up to five paid sick days a year, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.
How The U.S. Can Finally Make Things Better For Working Parents – Fast Company
How America ended up with the worst maternity leave laws on Earth – The Week
The idea that women should get paid leave when they have babies started to crop up around World War I and again around World War II. Countries’ populations had been decimated, which meant there was a high premium on women as economic contributors and childbearers, explains Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. She says that in the United States, in part due to fewer casualties and the fact that men returned to the labor force, there weren’t the same incentives to offer women paid maternity leave.
California lawmakers advance bill to mandate paid sick leave – Reuters
Worker rights groups and others are campaigning for an expansion of paid sick leave rights in the private sector. So far, mandates on paid sick days have primarily been taken up by local governments, with San Francisco in 2006 becoming the first U.S. city to require it, according to the Washington-based National Partnership for Women and Families.
Advocates Back Paid Sick Leave, But Opponents Won’t Cough It Up – NPR
“Servers in restaurants and home health workers are the least likely to have paid sick time and the most likely to have contact with the public,” says Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
The Drive To Ban Mandated Paid Sick Days – Al Jazeera America
Eleven states have enacted paid-sick-day pre-emption laws since 2011. New research from the National Partnership for Women and Families shows that six more states are considering kill-shot bills. The NPWF has found that some of these bills have even more extreme consequences than just banning paid-sick-day requirements…
Historic Political Leadership in New York City Should Pave the Way for a National Paid Sick Days Standard, Women’s Leader Says
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
The Secret Benefits Of Paid Sick Days For All – ThinkProgress
Guaranteed paid leave reinforces “the idea of caregiving and taking care of oneself as a value and a norm, standardized across gender,” Vicki Shabo, director of work and family programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, added.
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.
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.
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
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.
‘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.
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.
Victory for Newark Workers Adds to Paid Sick Days Momentum
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Congress Must Heed President’s Historic Call for Paid Family & Medical Leave, Paid Sick Days, Fair Pay, and a Health Care System that Doesn’t Overcharge Women or Abandon Patients When They Need Coverage Most
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Bill would require paid sick leave – U-T San Diego
Connecticut is the only state in the nation to have adopted a paid sick leave law, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families, an advocacy group.