Family and Medical Leave Act

Paid Parental Leave: It's About Time

J. Ronald Lally | Posted 05.22.2012

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J. Ronald Lally

It's time for the U.S. to catch up with the rest of the industrialized world and stand up for the rights of women and babies.

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Breast Cancer Patient Allegedly Fired TWICE While Seeking Treatment

NewsOne.com | Posted 05.21.2012

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Connie Robinson has been fighting breast cancer for the past three years. That battle alone is enough for one person to endure. But, during that same...

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The Politics of Motherhood

Ann O'Leary | Posted 05.16.2012

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Ann O'Leary

Working mothers, or at least those with limited education and lower-end jobs, have almost no employee benefits that allow time away from work when their children are sick or even when they give birth.

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Gay in America: Left Out of Family Leave

Janet Walsh | Posted 05.10.2012

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Janet Walsh

If the love of your life had major surgery or a serious illness, you would want to be by their side. You'd want to take time off work without losing your job to give them the care they need. But if you're gay, you have no such right under federal law.

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Corporations Catching Up to Fatherhood

Nathan Greenberg | Posted 04.11.2012

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Nathan Greenberg

Men and women are both in the kitchen. Men and women are both at the grocery store. Men and women are both changing diapers. But men and women are not both respected as parents.

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Supreme Court Makes Ruling In Maryland Case

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states cannot be sued under the Family and Medical Leave Act for refusing to give an employee time ...

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Dave Jamieson

Obama To Improve Medical Leave For Military Families

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department announced Monday that it plans on amending the federal rules on family and medical work leave, making it easier for...

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The Right to Be Healthy: Supreme Court Weighs Sick Leave for State Workers

Michelle Chen | Posted 03.27.2012

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Michelle Chen

Daniel Coleman thought he was just asking for time off from work, but he got a lot more than he expected. First, he was punished with economic hardship, and today, he represents countless public workers who can't afford another assault on their health.

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At Stake: A Fundamental Protection for Millions of Workers

Debra L. Ness | Posted 03.13.2012

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Debra L. Ness

What is at stake in this case is whether the Supreme Court will respect Congress' ability to make laws designed to remedy pervasive and unconstitutional discrimination, and whether millions of state workers can continue to count on FMLA leave when they get sick.

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Md. Man's Sick Leave Lawsuit Lands In Supreme Court

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 03.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with how a federal law that grants workers time off for family and medical reasons applies to ...

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Challenges to the Privileging of Married People, from Across the Ideological Spectrum

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

[This post is co-authored by Bella DePaulo and Rachel Buddeberg.] Today marks the beginning of Singles Week (or, more formally, National Unmarried an...

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Life, Liberty, and Ending Inequality

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hans Johnson

Four years ago, Seattle designer Charlene Strong lost her wife of 10 years, Kate Fleming. A world-renowned narrator of audio books, Kate drowned in he...

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Now We're Supposed to Fret that She's Not a Mother?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

Are you persuaded that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is not gay, and that it should never have mattered anyway? Good, because now we can move on to her next supposed shortcoming.

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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Ted Kennedy's Life is Living Proof of Liberal Ideal that Government Can Help Make People's Lives Better

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.

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Women's Equality ... Why Not Now?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

Firecrackers and picnics aside, Abigail Adams didn't get to sign the Declaration of Independence, Betsy Ross sewed the flag, and how many people even know who Deborah Samson Gannett was?

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