Released today, President Obama’s budget includes funding to help states provide paid family leave to to workers. Current federal law, the Family and Medical Leave Acts (FMLA), only provides unpaid leave — forcing workers to choose between caring for their families or losing a paycheck. Both California and New Jersey already have paid family leaveContinue reading “Paid Family Leave included in Obama’s budget”
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Wal-Mart: Save Money, Live Sicker?
By Katie Bethel | MomsRising.org If you shop at Wal-Mart, you may be coming home with more than a good deal–you might be exposed to contagious illnesses like colds and the flu. Why? As the New York Times recently reported, employees receive demerits, lose pay, and ultimately risk termination for taking sick days. That’s exactlyContinue reading “Wal-Mart: Save Money, Live Sicker?”
Michelle Obama: Why paid sick days mean more innovation, productivity and health
Michelle Obama on work and family: I’d like to just spend a few brief moments talking about today, an issue that I’ve talked a lot about, and that’s the issue of work-life balance. You know it: the constant struggle to meet our responsibilities both as employees, but also as breadwinners, and mothers and fathers. …Continue reading “Michelle Obama: Why paid sick days mean more innovation, productivity and health”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 