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About Washington Family and Medical Leave Insurance

Family and Medical Leave Insurance is “wage insurance” for workers, to be used in the event of a major family or medical event. Learn more here.

Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act

From McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Family and Medical Leave Act became law, 4 in 10 workers aren’t eligible to take temporary, unpaid leave to recover from serious illnesses or to care for new children or sick relatives. Some who are covered under the law – about 5 percent – say theyContinue reading “Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act”

Fight flu, give restaurant workers paid sick leave

From CNN Opinion, by Saru Jayaraman Like millions of Americans this winter, my toddler has the flu. The good news is that, unlike most of our nation’s restaurant workers, my baby doesn’t have to go to work sick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting widespread flu in 47 states. During the 2009 swineContinue reading “Fight flu, give restaurant workers paid sick leave”