Valuing Good Health in New Hampshire: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
New Hampshire lawmakers are now considering HB 662, which would make it mandatory for businesses with 10 or more employees to provide paid sick days.
Valuing Good Health in New York City: The Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Days
New York City lawmakers are now considering a law that would require employers provide all workers with paid sick days.
Dr. Heidi Hartmann to Testify Before the Joint Economic Committee on Women and the Economy
Dr. Heidi Hartmann, President of the Institute for Women's Policy [...]
New York City’s Proposed Paid Sick Days Law: Good Health for 25 Cents per Hour
The New York City Council has introduced legislation that would [...]
Gender Wage Gap Widens in 2008
A new Fact Sheet released by the Institute for Women's [...]
Reacting to the Presidentâs Speech on Health Care Reform
Listening to the President Wednesday night, I found it interesting, [...]
Labor Day Not So Celebratory for Many Women
The Institute for Women's Policy Research released today a fact [...]
A Fallen Champion of Womenâs Economic Rights
One of the great and rare things about Senator Ted [...]
The Need for Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees: Adapting to a Changing Workforce-Executive Summary
The federal government, unlike many large private employers, does not provide paid parental leave to its employees.
Unemployment Among Single Mother Families
Women who maintain families without a spouse present are almost twice as likely as married men to be unemployed, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for August 2009.
