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New York Paid Family Leave Coalition members will gather on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, on the steps of New York City Hall to announce the introduction of a proposed paid sick days ordinance. The event will begin at 12 noon and is sponsored by the A Better Balance, Make the Road New York, Working Families [...]

A new set of surveys and a national report from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United show that although the restaurant industry continues to prosper—even in the face of the economic crisis—most workers are still being denied the family-supporting policies that would make these jobs sustainable. Using data collected from restaurant worker surveys in Chicago, Metro Detroit, [...]

Activists in the paid sick days fight in Milwaukee are continuing to organize as the legal battle makes its way to the State Supreme Court. On February 18, the Wisconsin State Court of Appeals sent the legal challenge to Milwaukee’s paid sick days ordinance up to the State Supreme Court. The move means continued delay [...]

Sarah Standiford, head of Maine’s paid sick days coalition, very ably debated a business lobbyist on Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Watch” last week on the issue of paid sick days. Follow the link to the February 5 program and scroll over to about 8 minutes, 40 seconds into the video. Sarah answers the business [...]

Supporters of the work of Family Values @ Work will be interested to read this review of the research on the importance of family leave for the parents of newborns. To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the state paid family leave program in California, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation recently released a report called [...]

You can now follow the New York paid sick days and family leave insurance campaigns on Facebook and Twitter. Check the campaigns out at: Time to Care NY on Twitter New Yorkers Deserve Paid Sick Days on Facebook

More and more businesspeople are speaking out in favor of Maine’s proposed paid sick days policy. Dozens of small business owners recently held a media event in Orono, Maine, to talk about the need for paid sick days. Check out the Maine Women’s Lobby blog for a news report on the event.

President Obama’s recently proposed 2011 federal budget includes a $50 million State Paid Leave Fund. The fund will provide start-up support for state governments that want to enact paid leave options for workers. “A handful of States have enacted policies to offer paid family leave, but more States should have the chance,” notes an Office [...]