By House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi By helping 1.6 million Californians balance family and work, our state has demonstrated the success of paid family leave – and now it is time for the rest of America to join us. Paid leave made a tremendous difference to Mary Ignatius when her second son was born with clubfeet.Continue reading “Pelosi: Extend California’s paid family leave to the nation”
Category Archives: Family and Medical Leave Act
The Importance of Paid Family and Medical Leave: Shelby’s Story
One woman’s story about losing her wages and nearly losing her home when she had to take a short leave to care for her daughter and her dad. Shelby Ramirez – a mother of two, caregiver, full-time worker and student in Denver, Colorado – talks about the sacrifices she’s had to make without paid leave.Continue reading “The Importance of Paid Family and Medical Leave: Shelby’s Story”
Equal Pay for Women Requires Paid Time to Care
As we pause to commemorate Equal Pay Day – the day well into the year when the earnings of women working full time catch up with men’s earnings from the previous year – many people are asking why women earn so much less than men. The answer? Because women’s employers pay them so much lessContinue reading “Equal Pay for Women Requires Paid Time to Care”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 