Via Washington Policy Watch: Today is Equal Pay Day, which each year highlights the continuing disparity between men’s and women’s earnings. This disparity, commonly known as the ‘wage gap‘, shows just how far we still have to go to achieve gender equity. Despite making modest gains in hourly earnings, women earn less than men inContinue reading “Equal Pay Day highlights earnings gap for women, need for paid sick days”
Category Archives: Paid Family Leave
Sticking it to the mom: United States now just one of the few with no paid leave for new moms
From CBS News: Americans often take pride in ways their nation differs from others. But one distinction — lack of a nationwide policy of paid maternity leave — is cited in a new report as an embarrassment that could be redressed at low cost and without harm to employers. “Despite its enthusiasm about ‘family values,’Continue reading “Sticking it to the mom: United States now just one of the few with no paid leave for new moms”
Another “Job Killer” Lie Exposed
From the Huffington Post, By Donald Cohen You may think it’s a way to help your spouse or aging parent recover from a devastating illness, but to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) law, enacted in 2002, is a “job killer” that costs employers billions of dollars and drivesContinue reading “Another “Job Killer” Lie Exposed”
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