The United States has many accomplishments to be proud of – our inability to provide job-protected leave for new moms is not one of them. Twenty years ago, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed by President Clinton – giving new moms their first right to job-protected, but unpaid, leave for the birth orContinue reading “81 Percent of New Moms Don’t Even Qualify for the FMLA”
Category Archives: Family and Medical Leave Act
When Family Comes First: Stories of FMLA’s Impact
Since it was enacted in 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act has been used over 100 million times. MomsRising, a member of EOI’s Washington Work and Family Coalition, recently gathered stories from members about how FMLA has impacted their lives. Gwenne was 23 when her father was diagnosed as terminal. After her employer deniedContinue reading “When Family Comes First: Stories of FMLA’s Impact”
10 Years of Advocacy and Two Presidential Vetoes: The Political Backstory of FMLA
On August 5th, 1993, President Bill Clinton signed his first bill into law: the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The bill had been introduced to Congress each session for 9 years and was vetoed twice by President George H.W. Bush. But after nearly a decade of advocacy, U.S. workers were given their first federally protectedContinue reading “10 Years of Advocacy and Two Presidential Vetoes: The Political Backstory of FMLA”
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