Tag: family medical leave
June 15, 2021
Listening to Workers
Family Values @ Work’s state partners have won major policy advances for working families, including paid family and medical leave, paid sick and safe days,…
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June 28, 2018
Family Values @ Work Applauds MA Governor Baker’s Signing of Paid Leave Bill
Statement by Co-Directors Ellen Bravo and Wendy Chun-Hoon “On behalf of the Family Values @ Work network, we congratulate Raise Up Massachusetts and all their…
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June 13, 2018
This Father’s Day, Give Dad Paid Time with the Family
As Father’s Day approaches, it’s important to reflect on the sometimes-overlooked contributions fathers and father figures make to their families – and to recognize how…
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August 1, 2017
Time to Care for All of Us
On August 5, 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a law 9 years in the making, took effect. The FMLA brought huge change…
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June 16, 2017
Value All Care and Every Family
You seldom see legislators tear up as they argue for a piece of legislation. But that’s what happened recently when Connecticut state senators made the…
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May 23, 2017
Trump’s Paid Leave Proposal Fails to Deliver for Working Families
Statement from Family Values @ Work The country urgently needs and wants a paid leave program. The mention of paid family leave in the president's…
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February 16, 2017
Victory for DC Paid Leave Campaign!
“We congratulate the DC Paid Leave Campaign, especially Jews United for Justice, for more than two years of activism to make DC the fifth location…
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December 19, 2016
D.C. Council Should Show LGBTQ Workers Support with Paid Leave Bill
On Dec. 6, 2016, the D.C. Council voted to advance the Universal Paid Leave Act, a bill that would provide workers with paid family and…
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November 20, 2014
Recognizing National Family Caregivers Month
In recognition of National Family Caregivers Month in November, the broad-based coalition of organizations pushing for the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act are…
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October 23, 2014
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Funds: Think Heartland
Mention state funds to provide wage replacement during a family leave and most people think of states on one or the other coasts. But campaigns…
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