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Vicki Shabo, Director of Work and Family Programs

From the desk of ... Vicki Shabo

FMLA: After 17 Years, It's Time to Take the Next Step

February 5, 2010 | Work and Family

The Family and Medical Leave Act turns 17 today.

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From the desk of ... Kesia Brown, Repro Health Watch

Pregnancy Discrimination On Wisteria Lane!

January 10, 2010 | Work and Family | Workplace Fairness

If you haven't seen the latest episodes of Desperate Housewives, you have missed more than just the usual melodrama swirling around the residents of Wisteria Lane. A new storyline may be all-too-familiar to many viewers — a woman facing pregnancy discrimination on the job.

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Eleanor Allen, Grants Manager and Development Writer

From the desk of ... Eleanor Allen, Paid Sick Days

Wal-Mart's Demerit Practice Makes Me Sick

December 16, 2009 | Work and Family

Given the recent news about Wal-Mart's sick days practice, we all may want to think twice about shopping there this holiday season—which regrettably overlaps with cold and flu season.

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From the desk of ... Jody Heymann

What Are Lawmakers Afraid Of?

November 17, 2009 | Work and Family

For decades, we've debated whether the United States can afford to provide more family-friendly workplace policies and protections, and whether doing so will increase unemployment and harm our economic competitiveness.

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Karen Pesapane, Senior Development Associate

From the desk of ... Karen Pesapane, Paid Sick Days

Does Your Child Care Center Provide Paid Sick Days?

September 28, 2009 | Work and Family

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention keeps updating its guidelines to help child care and early childhood programs - - and all of us - - respond to influenza during the 2009-2010 flu season.

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From the desk of ... Rachna Choudhry, Paid Sick Days

With H1N1 Spreading this Labor Day: We Need Paid Sick Days, Not Another iPhone App

September 4, 2009 | Work and Family

As schools reopen and cooler, drier temperatures return here to Washington, D.C., the nation waits for the second wave of the H1N1 flu to hit us.

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From the desk of ... Debra L. Ness

Huge Loss for the Nation

August 26, 2009 | Other | Health Care | Work and Family

When Senator Edward M. Kennedy lost his battle with cancer, our nation lost a real champion of justice and equality, a man who truly understood the struggles of families in the United States, and a passionate, effective and tireless advocate for women's and civil rights. At the National Partnership for Women & Families, we also lost a dear friend.

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