The Recession and Older Americans
by Betsy Keating According to recent Senate testimony from a [...]
Denver Paid Sick Days Would Promote Children’s School Success
Paid sick days for working parents can enhance children’s school success. Parents face a difficult choice if their children get sick when they lack paid sick days: staying home with the child and missing pay (and possibly facing discipline at work); sending the child to school sick, which compromises their school performance and spreads illness to others; leaving the child at home alone, putting the child at risk; leaving the child with an older sibling who in turn must stay home from school; or trusting the child to a temporary caregiver. Each of these scenarios has potential costs for schools or for child well-being.
After the Great Recession
By Heidi Hartmann This post was originally published on the [...]
The Impact of the Great Recession on Older Women and Men
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Paid Sick Days in Denver Would Improve Health Outcomes, Reduce Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities, And Help Control Health Care Costs
In Denver, 41 percent of the private-sector workforce, or 107,407 workers, lack access to paid sick days.
Valuing Good Health in Denver: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
Voters in Denver will consider a referendum on the 2011 ballot regarding the issue of requiring employers to provide paid sick days.
New IWPR/Rockefeller Survey Reveals Need and Support for Social Security Funding
By Zoe Li The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), [...]
Slow Job Growth in September Points to Need for Federal Help with Job Creation
Women have regained only 12.2 percent (318,000) of the total jobs they lost in the recession (2.6 million from November 2007 to the trough for women’s employment in September 2010, which occurred more than one year after the recession officially ended).
Women Underrepresented Among High Earners in Banking and Finance
Banking and finance is an important source of employment for women, and women are six of ten employees in the industry.
Women and Men in the Public Sector
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