Fifty years ago the President’s Commission on the Status of Women recommended that paid maternity leave be provided to improve conditions for working women. While the 1993 Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was an important step in improving access to leave for new parents, the United States is still without a federal maternity or familyContinue reading “Paid Parental Leave: The Status of Women 50 Years Later”
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Pelosi: Extend California’s paid family leave to the nation
By House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi By helping 1.6 million Californians balance family and work, our state has demonstrated the success of paid family leave – and now it is time for the rest of America to join us. Paid leave made a tremendous difference to Mary Ignatius when her second son was born with clubfeet.Continue reading “Pelosi: Extend California’s paid family leave to the nation”
Working Families Summit: For Many Small Businesses Offering Paid Maternity Leave Is Out Of Reach
Julie Norris became a “proud single mother” in 2009, in a U.S. economic downturn that forced her to choose between having a home and keeping her 3-year-old business alive. The co-founder of Dandelion Communitea Café in Orlando, Florida, found a way to keep her company going by spending a few of those lean months sleepingContinue reading “Working Families Summit: For Many Small Businesses Offering Paid Maternity Leave Is Out Of Reach”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 