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April 24, 2013
Philadelphia Will Continue Its Fight for Paid Sick Days
By Marianne Bellesorte Brotherly Love? Check. Sisterly Devotion? Check. Earned Sick Days? Not So Fast. It’s the stories that I keep coming back to. The…
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April 17, 2013
Local Florida Officials Say No Attacks on Local Control
Home rule – guaranteed under the Florida state constitution -- is a cherished conservative principle. It ensures the right of the people to determine and…
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April 15, 2013
Paid Sick Days, good for families, good for business
When some working moms and dads wake up in the morning feeling sick, they don't just worry about calling the doctor. They worry about calling…
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April 15, 2013
Support grows for legislation requiring paid sick leave
A nearly decade-long effort to require Massachusetts employers to offer paid sick days is gaining momentum as lawmakers pass similar proposals across the country. At…
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April 10, 2013
Eric Cantor’s New Plan Would Cost Workers Time, Flexibility and Money
Listen up, working moms and dads: Rep. Eric Cantor has a deal for you - more time to spend with your family! What’s not to…
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April 9, 2013
Equal Pay Isn’t Enough; Let’s Also Make It Fair
(WOMENSENEWS)-- On April 9 we mark the day that women's earnings catch up to the amount men earned in the previous year. It's a day…
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April 2, 2013
Lean In, Dad
I happen to be an educated young woman who loves her job, sometimes gushingly, occasionally annoyingly. And yet, even in this enlightened age, I’ve had…
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April 2, 2013
Incentives for Men, to Help Women to Work
As I wrote in an article appearing this week in The New York Times Magazine, if you want women to be bigger participants in the…
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April 2, 2013
Lack of paid sick leave is unhealthy for America
Ian Rizzio was a 24-year-old mechanical engineering student in Portland, Oregon, managing a sandwich shop to pay his tuition. One day, he woke up sick,…
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April 1, 2013
Paid Sick Leave in San Francisco, Before and After the Fight to Pass It
Workers in many urban areas have recently tangled with unsupportive business leaders and politicians to enact PSLOs. Just last week in New York, a paid…
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