Have you ever had to think about a family and medical leave program? Did you ever look into the federal program to see if you would qualify? I didn’t think about family and medical leave insurance until I was faced with needing to take time off for an extended amount of time for the birthContinue reading “Do you have a family leave story? Join me in telling it to legislators”
Category Archives: Family and Medical Leave Act
Family leave provokes fight in state Senate
Democrats want to expand families’ ability to take care of a child or sick relative. Republicans want to kill the state’s law. A double whammy hit Democrats Monday on the Family Medical Leave Act and on workers compensation. At least Democrats say so. At the beginning of a Monday session, the Republican chairwoman of the SenateContinue reading “Family leave provokes fight in state Senate”
WA Senate conservatives introduce bill to repeal protections for parents, newborns
State Senate Republicans – joined by conservative Democrats Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon – are working to repeal Washington’s landmark Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) Act, passed in 2007 to ensure working moms and dads up to five weeks of partially paid leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted child. Over halfContinue reading “WA Senate conservatives introduce bill to repeal protections for parents, newborns”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 