The Washington Family Leave Coalition’s 2010 Candidate Questionnaire is now available to any organization wishing to discuss work-family public policy issues with municipal, state legislative and national candidates for elective office in Washington State. For discussions with candidates for national office, please see these fact sheets on the federal Healthy Families Act and FIRST ActContinue reading “Washington Family Leave Coalition releases 2010 candidate questionnaires”
Category Archives: Paid Sick Days
Wal-Mart: Save Money, Live Sicker?
By Katie Bethel | MomsRising.org If you shop at Wal-Mart, you may be coming home with more than a good deal–you might be exposed to contagious illnesses like colds and the flu. Why? As the New York Times recently reported, employees receive demerits, lose pay, and ultimately risk termination for taking sick days. That’s exactlyContinue reading “Wal-Mart: Save Money, Live Sicker?”
Michelle Obama: Why paid sick days mean more innovation, productivity and health
Michelle Obama on work and family: I’d like to just spend a few brief moments talking about today, an issue that I’ve talked a lot about, and that’s the issue of work-life balance. You know it: the constant struggle to meet our responsibilities both as employees, but also as breadwinners, and mothers and fathers. …Continue reading “Michelle Obama: Why paid sick days mean more innovation, productivity and health”
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