Paid Sick Days

August 29, 2012

Back to school means a lot of things. In some families, it means shopping for school supplies, helping kids become reacquainted with their alarm clocks, and learning new school bus schedules. But for the millions of employed parents in jobs that don’t let them earn paid sick days, it means another...

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Debra L. Ness

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

August 17, 2012

Yesterday the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on access to and use of paid leave by American workers. This is the first time the ATUS has included questions on leave-taking among American workers, with a module paid for by the Department of...

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Kevin Miller

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

August 16, 2012

A great piece that investigates Generation X's feelings about "having it all." Written by Melanie Dunn CT Working Moms Blogger Every day, moms-to-be scour the blogosphere for confirmation that when they someday choose to become pregnant, have their babies, and go about the task of raising them...

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CT Working Moms

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August 14, 2012

Candy Crowley. Image via Wikipedia. Great news yesterday! FINALLY, after decades without a female moderator, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that a woman, Candy Crowley of CNN, would moderate one of the three nationally televised Presidential debates. [1] Woot! *Click here to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Family Leave Family Economic Security Paid Sick Days

July 26, 2012

"Can I email you later? I'm in labor." In "Maternity Leave? More Like a Pause," a recent article in the New York Times , new mom and consulting firm partner Carmen, recalled sending the quote above as an email while she was in the delivery room, remarking "That...was a fun email to send." I admire...

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Claire Moshenberg

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work

July 25, 2012

Marissa Mayer’s appointment as Yahoo’s CEO is a double-edged sword. It is, on its face, a shot in the arm to the perception of workplace equality and at the same time a reminder of how far we have to go to reach fairness for mothers working outside the home. It is also a reminder that we need...

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Adrienne Kimmell

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

July 24, 2012

Marissa Mayer created a lot of buzz last week with her simultaneous announcement that she was selected as the new CEO of Yahoo and that she is expecting a baby in October. Coming on the heels of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article about “having it all” in the Atlantic last month, this story is helping...

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Phoebe Taubman

Paid Sick Days Family Economic Security

July 20, 2012

The security guards at New York City Hall were overwhelmed, not only by the 107 degree heat index, but also by the constant bustle of hundreds of women equally hot about the conditions of working women. “Only five at a time!” they yelled to the crowded line desperate to get out of the sun and...

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Monifa Bandele

Paid Sick Days

July 11, 2012

The sun is out, children are splashing in pools, and people are, er... getting sick. That's right. Everyone gets sick at some point in their lives from a cold, to a cough, or even worse. But did you know that not everyone has a chance to get better? A whopping 40 million people in the United States...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Paid Sick Days

July 8, 2012

40 million people in the United States don’t have access to a single paid sick day. In fact, nearly 80% of low wage workers and 40% of private sector workers don't have access to a single paid sick day. And this means that many people have little choice but to go to work sick--rather than staying...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner