Author: Family Values @ Work
January 24, 2014
Balancing Caregiving and Work
Courtesy: Inside E Street, AARP An estimated 42 percent of working Americans say they've provided care for an older family member within the past five…
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January 17, 2014
Shriver Report and Paid Leave: How Women are Pushing Back from the Brink
By Ellen Bravo Of all of the things working women need to get onto more secure economic footing, paid leave tops the list, according to…
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January 12, 2014
Florida Task Force Delivers Kill Shot to Earned Sick Time – For Now
When Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 655 last spring taking away the right of local units of government to enact earned sick tine, he…
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January 8, 2014
DC Expands Paid Sick Days to Tipped Workers!
With little fanfare, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on January 2 signed the law that will expand paid sick days to 20,000 tipped workers and make…
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January 6, 2014
Clinton, de Blasio, Speak Out for Paid Sick Days
2014 promises another string of wins for policies like paid sick days that boost the economic security of families and of the economy overall. Recently…
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December 21, 2013
Why We Need the Family Act
Last week, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (Family Act), a bill that would…
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December 16, 2013
The Game-Changers and the Power Behind Our Victories
Local activists joined funders and national partners at the Ford Foundation December 10 to celebrate Family Values @ Work’s tenth anniversary. A snowy day didn’t…
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