CHART | A detailed summary of existing family leave laws in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, D.C., Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Maryland, Delaware, Minnesota and Maine.
EXPLAINER | Collecting workforce demographic data at the federal level plays an important role in enforcing federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. This explainer provides an overview of the EEO-1 data collection and its uses.
REPORT | Three new programs all starting in one year marks a historic degree of growth – and demonstrates the momentum of state paid leave campaigns. Since 2002, 14 states have passed paid family and medical leave laws – 10 in the last decade alone.
CHART | A detailed summary of existing paid sick days laws. Paid sick days laws are or will soon be in place in 36 jurisdictions across the country, including in 15 states (including the District of Columbia), 17 cities and four counties.
FACT SHEET | On the need for the country’s workplace policies to provide domestic and sexual violence survivors the support and job protection they need to recover – through a paid sick and safe days standard.
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families On Friday, March 13, Virginia’s state legislature passed HB5/SB199, giving workers the right to earn paid sick and safe leave to recover from brief illness or address the impact...
More than six million Black women workers live in states where state laws prevent local action on paid sick days WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 19, 2026 – Coming off the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and now transitioning into Women's History Month,...
Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families HB1207/SB2 would create a paid family and medical leave law in Virginia, giving workers up to 12 weeks of paid time off to bond with their child, care for a family member or...
Emily: At the end of last year, I received an email from a girl scout asking if the National Partnership would sign a letter to the College Board in support of an AP U.S. Women’s History Class (aka WAPUSH), which would create a comprehensive women’s history class that...
Despite State Bans and Restrictions, the Number of Abortions in the U.S. Holds Steady NPR, March 24, 2026 Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, anti-abortion rights advocates have continuously pursued laws and court cases to make access to abortion more...
On January 22, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) fully rolled back a guidance document on harassment – a resource that helped protect people from harassment at work – with little notice and no opportunity for public input on a decision...
CHART | A detailed summary of existing family leave laws in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, D.C., Washington, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Maryland, Delaware, Minnesota and Maine.
EXPLAINER | Collecting workforce demographic data at the federal level plays an important role in enforcing federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. This explainer provides an overview of the EEO-1 data collection and its uses.