Retail is the nation’s second-largest sector and one of the fastest-growing industries in the country.
New Study Makes a Strong Case for a National Paid Leave Policy
At a time when working families are struggling, the economy is in trouble, and the need for family friendly workplace policies is high, a groundbreaking new study demonstrates that paid leave is good for working families, businesses and our economy.
At Stake: A Fundamental Protection for Millions of Workers
It may be the single most important law ever passed to address the needs of workers trying to meet their work and family responsibilities.
Supreme Court to Decide State Workers’ Rights Under FMLA
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral argument today in Coleman v. Maryland Court of Appeals – a case that could erode the right of millions of state workers to take job-protected, unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when faced with a serious illness.
Toward a More Family Friendly Nation
It’s not literally the 99 percent versus the privileged few, but it’s one of the most noteworthy divides I have seen.
Public Health Advocates Get Behind Paid Sick Days
This year, we have seen incredible momentum in the fight for paid sick days laws.
Improving Access to the FMLA Through Improved Forms
Nearly 20 years ago, passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was a major milestone in the effort to help families meet their work and family needs.
Congress Must Protect the Lifeline Women and Families Depend On
Some things are simply unthinkable. Congress failing to protect the basic benefits that are keeping women and families afloat is one of them.
Honoring the Nation’s Family Caregivers with the Policies They Need
When President Obama proclaimed November National Family Caregivers Month this year, he described family caregiving as “heroic work… often done while caregivers balance other commitments to their families, jobs, and communities.”
New Study: Lack of Paid Sick Days Contributed to Millions of H1N1 Cases
A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health shows that various racial and ethnic groups were at greater risk of exposure to H1N1 during the pandemic because they didn’t have access to paid sick days.
Keep Medicaid Safe to Keep Women Healthy!
With a little over a week for the Congressional super committee to complete its work, we must raise our voices to ensure Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are protected in the final deficit reduction package.
Tell Congress That Preserving Medicaid is Critically Important to Women and Families
The deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (The Super-Committee) to reach an agreement is fast approaching.
Super Committee and Health Care: How Potential Cuts to Medicaid Could Harm Low-Income Women and Girls
“Shared sacrifices.” “Tough decisions.” “Everything is on the table.” This is the rhetoric being used to describe the Super Committee’s daunting task of reducing the national deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Dear Supercommittee: There’s Nothing “Super” about Cutting Medicaid
As a nation, our conversations often revolve around “family values.” Yet when it comes to showing that we truly value families, politicians sometimes fall short.
Paid Sick Days: Healthier Families, More Than $1 Billion in Savings
Paid Sick Days and Health: Cost Savings from Reduced Emergency Room Visits finds that, regardless of workers’ access to health insurance, there are undeniable connections between the ways in which private sector workers use the health care system and whether they have access to paid sick days.
Why Now is the Time to Support, Not Undermine, Medicaid
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), as the only national organization advocating for reproductive justice and health for millions of Latinas, their families and their communities, strongly urges the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or “Supercommittee” to reexamine their logic when considering cuts or reforms to Medicaid in order to achieve deficit reduction.
How Washington’s Budget Priorities Injure Immigrant Women
Many women in the United States take a huge step forward under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Gaps in Access to Paid Leave are Significant, Sustained – and Unacceptable
The Census Bureau released a report last week that every family and every lawmaker should note.
New Poll: Young People Need Paid Sick Days Too
Demos and Young Invincibles released a timely new report today on the barriers to economic success facing young adults in the United States.
Despite Hard-Fought Campaign, Disappointing News from Denver
Despite months of passionate and dedicated work by the Campaign for Healthy Denver and its allies in support of a citywide paid sick days standard, Initiative 300 did not pass.
