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Tag: Paid Family Leave

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November 7, 2020

Family Values @ Work Statement on Impact of Biden-Harris Election on the Care Agenda

Family Values @ Work is a movement network of grassroots coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical leave,…
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September 11, 2020

Honor Grandparents With Paid Leave for All

As we approach Grandparents’ Day, I’m thinking more about how COVID has changed life as we know it. Like so many kids, ours are really…
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March 18, 2020

Family Values @ Work Network Commend Senate Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act

We commend the Senate for moving  quickly to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, providing immediate relief to working families hard hit by the…
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February 21, 2020

The Real Cost-Benefit Analysis of Paid Leave

What is the cost of a father dying alone? Who knows the toll when chemo is what you do on your lunch hour? How do…
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February 5, 2020

27 Years After FMLA, Time To Go Further

Twenty-seven years ago, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which established that (many but not all) workers could take unpaid, job-protected…
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January 27, 2020

Include Me: A Letter to the Members of the House Ways and Means Committee

On January 28, the Ways and Means Committee is holding a hearing on Legislative Proposals for Paid Family and Medical Leave. The members of the Worker…
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January 24, 2020

Setting the Course For a New Decade

Wendy Chun-Hoon, Executive Director of Family Values @ Work I step into the role of Executive Director of Family Values @ Work as we enter…
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October 28, 2019

Kabrita Leader: “Support Work and Family Month by Advocating for Paid Leave”

In addition to boasting Halloween, October carries the charge of National Work and Family Month. October is a time when people in organizations across the…
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July 30, 2019

What Voters Need to Hear in These Debates

By Danielle Atkinson and Wendy Chun-Hoon We’ve noticed a pattern among debate moderators and reporters — they avoid asking questions on topics where they assume…
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June 21, 2019

Why My Family Needs the FAMILY Act

Paid family & medical leave would be really important for families like mine and that’s why I support the FAMILY Act. Right now only 17%…
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