Huffington Post -> Paid Leave Makes Horse Sense: Vacations are good for your health. And, you don’t need to get away to any fancy Caribbean retreat to get the benefit of time-off from work. But it helps if you are a horse. In New York City, that is. | More Sloan Work and Family NetworkContinue reading “News and views: Paid leave; Women in the workplace; Wal-Mart’s sick day policy”
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Is your Senator or Representative a leader on work-family issues?
Halfway through the 111th congressional session, recent headlines have focused almost exclusively on health care reform. But our elected officials have made progress on important work-family legislation as well: The Healthy Families Act (House and Senate) has received overwhelming support. More than 125 Representative and Senators are co-sponsoring the legislation. The Act would provide aContinue reading “Is your Senator or Representative a leader on work-family issues?”
Paid Sick Days: Low income workers hit hardest
The U.S. is currently the only developed nation that does not require some paid sick leave for workers. Nearly 40 percent of private sector workers have no paid sick leave, including 78 percent of hotel workers and 85 percent of food service workers. A survey last year by the National Opinion Research Center at theContinue reading “Paid Sick Days: Low income workers hit hardest”
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