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?”
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Google’s formula to retain women: Longer maternity leave
From Life Inc. on Today Many employers end up scratching their heads when women who are seemingly on the fast track to the corner office end up leaving their companies. Google managers decided to use their expertise deciphering data to figure out why it was happening within their ranks. A story in the New York Times titledContinue reading “Google’s formula to retain women: Longer maternity leave”
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”
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