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Family Medical Leave Act

Protecting Our Families When They’re Most Vulnerable

Emily Hecht-McGowan | Posted 04.08.2013 | Gay Voices
Emily Hecht-McGowan

This week we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the inclusion of our families in this important law. We've worked hard as a community to make sure this protection extends to our lives and our families.

Laura Bassett

Bill Clinton Joins Push For Paid Sick Leave

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

Twenty years ago on Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton signed into law the Family and Medical Leave Act, which requires companies to grant their e...

Chamber of Commerce Was Wrong About Family and Medical Leave Law

Donald Cohen | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics
Donald Cohen

Paid family leave also wouldn't make us a nation of takers, but rather a nation of makers - of family, of community, of health and ultimately of prosperity.

DPW Worker Fired After Caring For His Dying Wife

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.08.2013 | Business

The wife of a former Lawrence, Mass., Department of Public Works employee, who was fired after taking time off from his job to care for her, died on T...

Where the Chatter About Marissa Mayer Went Way Wrong

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 09.19.2012 | Women
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

What we ought to be talking about is why the workplace remains so incompatible with motherhood in the first place -- and why we assume that fixing that is women's work.

For Mother's Day: A Present That Values Families

Hannah Matthews | Posted 07.11.2012 | Politics
Hannah Matthews

It turns out that if our infants do well, our nation does well too. By packaging paid family leave and quality affordable infant care, we can give babies a strong start in their first year of life. That's a package of policies ready for wrapping.

Thirty Years of Service: A Thank-You Note to Senator Dodd

Al Quinlan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Al Quinlan

If you've heard Chris Dodd speak, you understood what drove him -- helping Americans reach their dreams. His favorite line was, "The best social program is a job" -- and he abided by that philosophy in all his work.