News & Views
April 13, 2010
Win-Win from paying a living wage – quality increases offset higher costs
Five years ago, San Diego’s City Council passed an ordinance requiring contractors to pay a living wage to their workers. A study released last month…
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April 7, 2010
Restaurant Employment Strong When Employers Make the Shift to Paid Sick Days
In February 2007, San Francisco implemented the nation’s first paid sick days law, allowing all workers within the city to earn a minimum amount of…
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April 7, 2010
Breastfeeding and work: The work-family balance
By Josephine Kalipeni I haven’t set a great example for my team. Nine months into becoming the executive director of, but almost two years with,…
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April 2, 2010
White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility wrap-up
Yesterday, Family Values @ Work executive director, Ellen Bravo, posted her reflections on attending the White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility. You can read more…
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April 1, 2010
First Couple wants workplaces to value all families
A view from the White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility By Ellen Bravo As executive director of the Family Values @ Work consortium, I was…
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March 31, 2010
More coverage of the NYC paid sick days reintroduction
More news and opinion coverage of the reintroduction of New York City’s paid sick days ordinance: Business Leaders, WFP Take Council's Temperature On Paid Sick…
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March 31, 2010
Georgia Parent Protection Act is in the news
An excellent 3-page article on the Parent Protection Act was published in the Winter 2010 edition of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities Magazine. The…
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March 26, 2010
Reintroduction of NYC paid sick days ordinance
Yesterday's reintroduction of the New York City paid sick days ordinance garnered quite a bit of media attention. Supporters of the bill held a press…
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March 24, 2010
Bureau of Labor Statistics data confirm value of paid sick days
How much does it cost to provide paid sick days? Pennies per hour, according to the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS estimates a…
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March 23, 2010
Disappointment on paid sick days bill in Maine
After Maine’s paid sick days bill was reintroduced this winter, it seemed like momentum was on the side of passage. Activists, including public health experts,…
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