Category Archives: Paid Family Leave

WA legislature takes a step toward paid sick days — here’s what’s next

You helped pack the room on Monday for the Paid Sick Days (HB 1356) bill hearing. Legislators heard passionate testimony from a school nurse, a grocery worker, a small business owner, a domestic violence advocate and a senior — all speaking to the importance of every worker having paid sick days. And just this morningContinue reading “WA legislature takes a step toward paid sick days — here’s what’s next”

Show WA legislators you support Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave!

Two bills to improve economic security for Washington’s working families are off to a strong start in the 2015 legislature: 1. Paid Sick Days, to ensure everyone working in Washington can earn paid sick days on the job (HB 1356/SB 5306) 2. Family and Medical Leave Insurance funding and expansion which will (finally!) make paid familyContinue reading “Show WA legislators you support Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave!”

Guess who’s leading on leave? (Hint: Not us)

By Secretary of Labor Tom Perez I spent last week in Melbourne, Australia representing our government at a meeting of Labor Ministers of the world’s 20 major economies. After sitting down with my G20 counterparts and learning more about their policies relating to work and workplaces, my main takeaway is that the United States is distressingly behindContinue reading “Guess who’s leading on leave? (Hint: Not us)”