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Paid Family Leave

Supporting LGBT Workers and Their Families in Times of Need

Jared Make | Posted 05.17.2013 | Gay Voices
Jared Make

When illness strikes or a child is born or adopted, workers should not have to worry about losing a job or critical income. The LGBT community must join the call for paid leave laws and ensure that all workers have the support and time to recover from illness and care for their loved ones.

More Parental Leave at Yahoo Is Great for New Parents, But What About Exisiting Ones?

Jennifer Owens | Posted 05.02.2013 | Parents
Jennifer Owens

Make no mistake, paid family leave is something every parent should have access to, but parenting is a marathon, not only a sleep-deprived sprint. For millions of working parents, flexibility is a key factor in the work-life juggle.

"Comp-Time" in a Real-time World

Jodie Levin-Epstein | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Jodie Levin-Epstein

Overtime pay is not just to be kind to workers. It also counteracts the absence of a federal statute that sets a ceiling on weekly work hours. What's to keep an employer from routinely asking for 70 hours and firing employees if they refuse?

Leaning In, and Sometimes Falling Over the Edge

Janet Walsh | Posted 05.18.2013 | Business
Janet Walsh

Kimberly N. "leaned in" to her career for years. As a vice president of a large charitable organization, she earned high praise and enjoyed her work. When Kimberley got pregnant, she negotiated a six-week maternity leave, and looked forward to resuming work.

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...

Lisa Belkin

Bangladeshi Parents Have It, Why Can't We?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.04.2013 | Parents

What we should be debating is paid Family Leave.

The Hardest Part Of Going Back To Work

The Huffington Post | Nancy Redd | Posted 11.07.2012 | Parents

Workplace Wednesdays is a weekly column designed to shed light on what it's like to be pregnant and working in America, the only developed nation with...

I Was Fired When I Was 6 Months Pregnant And Ended Up In A Shelter

The Huffington Post | Nancy Redd | Posted 10.24.2012 | Parents

Workplace Wednesdays is a weekly column designed to shed light on what it's like to be pregnant and working in America -- the good, the bad and the in...

Having a Baby? Move To New Jersey Or California

Nancy Redd | Posted 12.10.2012 | Parents
Nancy Redd

What's my number one piece of sanity-saving advice to pregnant women? Get a job in California or New Jersey. Not for Disneyland and Snooki, mind you, but because these two forward-thinking states are the only places in America where all working mothers are offered paid maternity leave.

The Missing Majority: Domestic Policy Through a Woman-less Lens

Riane Eisler | Posted 12.08.2012 | Politics
Riane Eisler

Women are 52 percent of the U.S. population. But not once did either Obama or Romney even give a nod in their direction for the hour and a half they debated U.S. domestic policy. This woman-less lens is not only disastrous for women, but for us all.

Laura Bassett

Women Urge Candidates To Address Paid Sick Leave

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics

At women's town hall event for Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine (D) on Monday, the former governor came prepared to address several issues of impor...

Pushing Forward With Paid Leave, Workplace Flexibility for All

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 12.01.2012 | Politics
Madeleine M. Kunin

Working moms, and increasingly working dads don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up. What is at the top of the list?

Single Mothers in Poverty: A Symptom of Failed Economic Policies

Riane Eisler | Posted 10.31.2012 | Parents
Riane Eisler

It's high time we change the conversation about both the economy and single mothers.

New Government Figures Confirm Huge Gaps in Access to Paid Leave

Ellen Bravo | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics
Ellen Bravo

We have no quarrel with executives getting paid sick days. But the workers who clean their office, deal with their customers, and guard their building should have them as well.

Taking Care of Our Working Moms

Olivia Ramsey | Posted 09.23.2012 | Home
Olivia Ramsey

The United States is the only industrialized country in the world with no national law mandating paid time off for new parents. In fact, we are one of only four countries in the world without such a law.

On the 10th Anniversary of Paid Family Leave, It's Time More Workers Know About It

María Elena Durazo | Posted 09.17.2012 | Los Angeles
María Elena Durazo

Programs like paid family leave help workers hold on to their pay, which they can spend in their communities. Such policies help keep people on their jobs, boost productivity, stimulate the economy and save businesses money.

Paid Parental Leave: It's About Time

J. Ronald Lally | Posted 07.22.2012 | Parents
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.

The Breastfeeding Brouhaha

Janet Walsh | Posted 07.15.2012 | Parents
Janet Walsh

The question isn't who is "mom enough" as the TIME title suggests, but whether policymakers are smart enough to devise sound policies for breastfeeding, work, and paid family leave.

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.

The Gifts Mothers Really Want

Ellen Bravo | Posted 07.11.2012 | Politics
Ellen Bravo

More and more voters say they're more likely to support candidates who'll make sure family values don't end at the workplace door, and who understand that for the economy to recover, we need policies like these to help people stay employed and have money to spend at local businesses.

Gay in America: Left Out of Family Leave

Janet Walsh | Posted 07.10.2012 | Gay Voices
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.

What Fantasy Life?

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics
Madeleine M. Kunin

The cover story of Newsweek reads: "The Fantasy Life of Working Women, why surrender is a feminist dream." What fantasy life?

Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland: A Warning to Women

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.26.2012 | Politics
Marianne Mollmann

The decision essentially says that sick leave -- taking care of oneself -- is fundamentally different from family leave -- taking care of someone else -- in that it does not depend on gender differences or stereotypes. This is an erroneous conclusion.

Getting Back on Track with Family Friendly Policies

Debra L. Ness | Posted 12.27.2011 | Business
Debra L. Ness

If our country is ever going to demonstrate that it truly values families, and if we are serious about getting the country and economy back on track, then we need national work and family policy standards.

Rocking Cradle to Career With Paid Family Leave

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 11.27.2011 | Parents
Susan Ochshorn

Here in the land of self-sufficiency and family values, foremost of which is the sanctity of parental childrearing, anything that smacks of social welfare statehood is a tough sell. Never mind that nearly 57 percent of women with children under age one are in the workforce.