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Parents struggle to juggle sick kids, jobs
In: Caregiver Discrimination|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Medical Leave|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|H1N1 Flu|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days
20 Mar 2011An impressive article in the Cincinnati Enquirer described the impact lack of paid sick days has on kids, parents, and the economy. “Batavia School District Nurse Cathy Meyer often finds herself tangling with parents over sending their kids to school sick. And the students don’t just have the sniffles. One day last month, three kids [...]
This Just In: When it Comes to Parent Leave, the U.S. is Decades Behind Other Countries
In: Family Caregiver Protection|Family Medical Leave|Helpful Links|Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine Women's Policy Center|Paid sick days|Press Link
23 Feb 2011CBS News published a great piece on the lack of paid parent leave in the United States, as compared to other countries: Americans often take pride in ways their nation differs from others. But one distinction — lack of a nationwide policy of paid maternity leave — is cited in a new report as an [...]
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California’s Paid Family Leave Program
12 Jan 2011In 2004, California started its Paid Family Leave program, becoming the first state in the Nation to provide paid benefits to workers on leave from their jobs to bond with a newborn, newly adopted child, or newly placed foster child, or to care for a seriously ill family member. In the first six years of [...]
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Yesterday we attended the New England Work/Family Policy Summit in Portsmouth. The day included a number of panel discussions, many good ideas, shared struggles, and lots of strategizing. Several business representatives from companies in our own region were present to talk about the way in which their companies embody family friendly workplaces, focusing on issues [...]
Time to Make Family Leave Affordable
2 Aug 2010August 5th marks the 17th anniversary of the implementation of the Family and Medical Leave Act – when federal law for the first time acknowledged that having a family shouldn’t cost workers their job. Sadly, for too many people in this country, taking a leave still costs too much. Nearly one in ten Americans have [...]
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