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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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Mom Denied Maternity Leave After Using A Surrogate

The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 04.18.2012

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Jane Kassim overcame huge obstacles to become a mother, but now she is facing a new challenge. The teaching assistant from South Yorkshire, U.K. has ...

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New Mothers Get Surprising Salary Bump

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.17.2012

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One company is rewarding the new mothers on its staff for coming back to work after maternity leave. Insurance Australia Group (IAG), one of Austra...

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Working Parents Need Protections Now

Ann O'Leary | Posted 05.04.2012

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Ann O'Leary

Ever wonder what happens to a worker who becomes disabled for weeks from injuries in a car accident? Or the worker who has a baby but no maternity leave? Every day across America, workers are left to fend for themselves with no protections against lost income.

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Why I Don't Want My Daughter's Teacher To Take Maternity Leave

Rebecca Hughes Parker | Posted 01.18.2012

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Rebecca Hughes Parker

I asked my daughter, "Are you excited that your teacher is having a baby?" The gloom settled immediately onto my little girl's face. She looked away, mumbling that she didn't want to talk about it.

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Too-Short Maternity Leave -- Not Working Itself -- Increases Depression In Moms

Posted 09.20.2011

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It's hardly news to working moms, but for all of those who think women should stay at home with the kids, a new study from the National Bureau of Econ...

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Standing up for a Family Friendly Economy

Carol Joyner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Joyner

Too often today, family values end at the workplace door. A new Human Rights Watch report just hammered home how behind-the-times we, as a country, are.

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Paid Federal Maternity Leave? Not In America

Bloomberg | Dune Lawrence and Alison Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

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It took Elin Betanzo eight years to stay home for three months with her first child. She stockpiled leave for that long so she could dip into her tim...

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Peaceful Revolution: A Day for Parents

Rhonda Present | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rhonda Present

On this Sunday's Parents' Day, we need to address the failure of our society to fully invest in parenting rather than blaming parents for not adequately fulfilling our responsibilities.

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