Alex Stone

More area cities take up paid-sick-day issue

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Two more cities are taking steps toward prohibiting mandates on private businesses like a paid-sick-days measure that will soon take effect in Milwaukee. And another city will review the issue.

Obama plan puts families at center of economic recovery

Obama’s transition website features a family issues page with policy proposals that will boost family economic security here in Washington and across the nation. Among many other important changes to support working families, Obama proposes to:

Maternity leave promotes better health for mom and baby

Taking a leave of absence before childbirth sharply lowers the rate of Caesarean section deliveries, according to new research from UC Berkeley. Women who took a break from work after their 35th week of pregnancy were four times less likely to require the costly surgery, compared with women who worked almost up to their deliveryContinue reading “Maternity leave promotes better health for mom and baby”