Evelin testified in front of the Senate Labor Committee about why Family and Medical Leave Insurance is so important: My dad has been sick since October. My sister and I kept urging him to go to the doctor, but he didn’t want to miss work and pay a lot of doctor’s bills. It finally gotContinue reading “Evelin’s story about the importance of Family and Medical Leave Insurance”
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Landmark family leave law doesn’t help millions of workers
Eight weeks before Danelle Buchman’s baby was due, an artery ruptured in her uterus, which nearly killed her and her child. Delivered by emergency C-section in 2010, her newborn daughter, Avery, spent one month in intensive care. Buchman survived only after an immediate hysterectomy. When she tried to return to a PR job she lovedContinue reading “Landmark family leave law doesn’t help millions of workers”
Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act
From McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Family and Medical Leave Act became law, 4 in 10 workers aren’t eligible to take temporary, unpaid leave to recover from serious illnesses or to care for new children or sick relatives. Some who are covered under the law – about 5 percent – say theyContinue reading “Advocates work to expand 20-year-old Family and Medical Leave Act”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 