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The Case for a National Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (The FAMILY Act)
At some point, nearly everyone needs time away from work to recover from a serious illness or care for a sick loved one or new child. Yet the majority of working people in the United States cannot take the time they need without risking their jobs or economic security.
El argumento para un programa nacional de seguro para ausencia familiar y médica (El FAMILY Act)
En algún momento, casi todos necesitan tomar tiempo del trabajo para recuperarse de una enfermedad seria, o para cuidar a un ser querido enfermo o a un nuevo hijo. Sin embargo, la mayoría de trabajadores en los Estados Unidos no pueden tomar el tiempo que necesitan sin arriesgar sus trabajos o seguridad financiera.
State Paid Leave Fund: Critical Support for Families and States
At some point, nearly all workers need to take time away from work to deal with a serious personal or family illness, or to care for a new child. Yet only 11 percent of workers in the United States have access to paid family leave through their employers, and less than 40 percent have access to personal medical leave through employer-provided temporary disability insurance.
State and Local Action on Paid Sick Days
In 2006, San Francisco became the first locality in the nation to guarantee access to earned paid sick days. In 2008, the District of Columbia and Milwaukee passed paid sick days standards that included paid “safe” days for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Questions and Answers
Sixth Edition | 2013: Celebrating 20 Years, 100 Million Stories. The FMLA’s guarantees and protections are clear, but employees and employers often have questions about how it works and whether adjustments to the law have been made since its passage. This guide is designed to answer many of those questions.
Work and Family Agenda for the 113th Congress
Every day, workers in the United States struggle to meet the demands of work and family because their workplaces lack basic family friendly policies. It is past time for workplaces to reflect the needs of today’s families, which include the ability to care for children, family members and elderly relatives while being productive, responsible employees.
Written Testimony of Judith L. Lichtman, National Partnership Senior Advisor, on H.R.1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act
Submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Hearing on H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act
The Misnamed Working Families Flexibility Act: 9 Key Flaws and A Better Solution
The Working Families Flexibility Act, to be introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives the week of April 8, 2013 by Martha Roby (R-AL), claims to give working men and women in hourly jobs more time with their families by allowing them, through an agreement with their employer, to choose paid time off as compensation for working more than 40 hours in one week (“comp time”). This proposal is one of the centerpieces of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s “make life work” agenda.
An Empty Promise: The Working Families Flexibility Act Would Give Workers Less Flexibility and Less Pay
Despite its name, the Cantor/Roby Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 sets up a dangerous false choice between time and money, when working families really need both. The bill does not promote family friendly or flexible workplaces. Instead, it would erode hourly workers’ ability to make ends meet, plan for family time and have predictability, stability and true flexibility at work.
Paid Sick Days Lead to Cost Savings for All
In addition to promoting a healthy workforce and community, paid sick days can save employers, taxpayers and families money. Yet, two in five private sector workers can’t earn the basic paid sick time they need to care for themselves and their families when they are ill.
Women of Color Need a Paid Sick Days Standard
Every day, millions of workers in the United States are forced to jeopardize their wages and their jobs when they become sick or need to care for a sick child or loved one. For women – and particularly for women of color – the inability to earn paid sick days can have devastating consequences.
Not Enough Family Friendly Policies: High Stakes for Women and Families
Women make up nearly half of the United States workforce and are the primary or co-breadwinners in two-thirds of families. But our nation’s public policies don’t reflect this reality.
Sherfel v. Newson Issue Brief
Wisconsin workers should be able to exercise their rights to paid leave under the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act. But does the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act nullify a provision of Wisconsin’s Family and Medical Leave Act that permits workers to substitute employer-provided paid leave for unpaid leave?
Updating the Family and Medical Leave Act
This historic law has had a tremendous impact on America’s families, and it serves as a reminder of what can be accomplished when lawmakers work together to address the nation’s needs. Now, 20 years later, it is time to advance the FMLA’s promise of a family friendly America.
A Look at the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act Employee and Worksite Surveys
A Look at the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act Employee and Worksite Surveys
2013 Work Family Strategy Council Federal Policy Agenda
challenges as personal and individual, but the reality is that nearly all workers – whether old or young, married or single, parent or not – will face urgent personal and family needs at some point in their lives. Children are born, elderly relatives need care, childcare needs arise, and yet there’s no national standard for addressing these challenges.
National Partnership for Women and Families 2012 Election Eve/Night Omnibus Nationwide Poll Results
How important is it to you that Congress and the President consider new laws to help keep working families economically secure, including ensuring workers the right to earn paid sick days and creating a system of family and medical leave insurance – very important, somewhat important, not too important, or not important at all?
Women of Color Need a Paid Sick Days Standard
Every day, millions of workers in the United States are forced to jeopardize their wages and their jobs when they become sick or need to care for a sick child or loved one. For women – and particularly for women of color – the inability to earn paid sick days can have devastating consequences.
National Partnership Comments to DOL on Military Leave Provisions of the FMLA
On behalf of the National Partnership for Women & Families, the National Military Family Association and the undersigned organizations, we thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Department of Labor’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to legislative expansions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Paid Sick Days: Good for Business, Good for Workers
Businesses benefit when their employees have access to paid sick days. When sick workers are able to stay home, the spread of disease slows and workplaces are both healthier and more productive. Plus, workers recover faster from illness and obtain timely medical care – enabling them to get back to work sooner and holding down health care costs.
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