Family and Medical Leave Act – Page 13 – Washington Work and Family Coalition

Republican lawmakers ignoring even their own base on paid family leave

Seventy-three percent of Republicans said they think it is important that the new Congress and the president consider laws that help secure working families, such as paid family leave and paid sick days.

Where do your legislative candidates stand on Family and Medical Leave Insurance?

Every day, thousands of working people in Washington are welcoming a new child, fighting cancer or other serious illnesses, or caring for an aging parent. But most face an impossible choice: return to work, sacrificing family health and well-being – or give up economic security. Washington’s legislature approved the beginnings of FMLI in 2007, butContinue reading “Where do your legislative candidates stand on Family and Medical Leave Insurance?”

On family leave, most states don’t make the grade

Via Washington Policy Watch: Parents face numerous challenges adjusting to life with a brand new bundle of joy. In the United States, those challenges are intensified by the lack of federal paid family leave policies – pushing parents to strain an already tight family budget or cut bonding time short to return to work. InContinue reading “On family leave, most states don’t make the grade”