[Original via NPR] If you’ve been paying attention to the political news in the past couple of years, you know that the U.S. stands virtually alone in not mandating paid leave of any type for its workers. It’s hard to miss; the topic has become a top talking point for Democratic politicians. Hillary Clinton isContinue reading “Lots Of Other Countries Mandate Paid Leave. Why Not The U.S.?”
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High Inequality Results in More US Deaths Than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined
Studies show roughly half of our health as adults has been programmed in the first thousand days after conception. So societies that privilege those first thousand days are healthier than societies that neglect them. There are only three countries in the world that don’t have a paid maternity leave policy. One of those countries isContinue reading “High Inequality Results in More US Deaths Than Tobacco, Car Crashes and Guns Combined”
New Momentum on Paid Leave, in Business and Politics
Oregon this month became the fourth state to pass a bill requiring that companies give workers paid sick days to care for themselves or family members. Chipotle said this month that it would begin offering hourly workers paid sick days and vacation days, joining McDonald’s, Microsoft and other companies that have recently given paid leaveContinue reading “New Momentum on Paid Leave, in Business and Politics”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 