What Women Want: A Community Forum

Please join EOI, the Washington State Budget & Policy Center, and other community partners for a forum titled What Women Want: Jobs, Education, & Healthcare. This free community forum on Tuesday May 8th from 6 to 8pm, will highlight the impacts of the recession and state budget cuts on women in Washington. It will focus on howContinue reading “What Women Want: A Community Forum”

The WA campaign for Family and Medical Leave Insurance starts tomorrow!

Tomorrow, the WA Work and Family Coalition will kick off a year-long campaign for expanding Family and Medical Leave Insurance in Washington state – and we need your support! Currently, Washington’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI) program is slated to begin providing benefits to parents of newborn and newly adopted children in 2015 –Continue reading “The WA campaign for Family and Medical Leave Insurance starts tomorrow!”

New evidence shows CA paid family leave is good for workers and employers alike

Via Washington Policy Watch: New research shows workers and families are benefiting from California’s paid family leave law – and most employers say it’s had either positive effects or no impact on their business. Under California’s first-in-the-nation paid family leave (PFL) program, enacted in 2004, workers who become new parents or care for an illContinue reading “New evidence shows CA paid family leave is good for workers and employers alike”