Tag: Paid Leave
March 13, 2025
Everyone Will Need Paid Leave Someday—So Why Don’t We Have It?
We've all seen the consequences when workers lack access to paid family and medical leave. People return to work before they’ve healed, neglect illnesses until…
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March 4, 2025
For the Love of Georgia
On February 18th, 2025, one of Family Values @ Work’s network partners, 9to5 Georgia hosted a lobby day at Georgia’s state capital in Atlanta. Families,…
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March 3, 2025
How I Celebrated Chosen Family Day
Many of us have people in our lives who are not related to us, but serve in the role of family. They love and support…
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February 18, 2025
Breaking the Cycle: Why VDay Must Be a Call to Action
TW: violence, domestic violence, sexual assault The seeds of VDay began with the play, The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. The theater piece centered women…
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February 13, 2025
A Birthday & An Anniversary
This week on February 5th we marked the birthday of a young person taken too soon, as well as the anniversary of a life-changing policy.…
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December 17, 2024
FV@W Reacts to Latest Announcement from House Bipartisan Paid Leave Working Group
Family Values @ Work and our national network of partners have worked together for the past 20 plus years for comprehensive paid family and medical…
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December 12, 2024
Collaboration in Action – Reflections from FV@W/CLASP Paid Leave Convening
FV@W Statement for Collaboration in Action: Reflections from the 2024 CLASP/FV@W Paid Leave Convening Family Values @ Work (FV@W) and the Center for Law and…
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November 6, 2024
FV@W Doubles Down on Commitment to Care Movement Following the Presidential Election Results
Family Values @ Work and our Network remain steadfast in our more than 20-year commitment to realizing paid family and medical leave, paid sick and…
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October 9, 2024
Paid Leave on the Debate Stage
by Sammy Chavin-Grant (she/her), FV@W Federal Strategy Director During Tuesday evening’s Vice Presidential debate, I heard THE question every care advocate wants to hear: “If…
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October 7, 2024
Was Tuesday Night’s VP Debate The New Normal?
by Makeda Scott (she/her), FV@W Strategic Communications Associate Tuesday was a busy day for me and an even busier evening. After spending the day working,…
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