There are now 29 laws across the country at the city and state level guaranteeing workers the ability to take paid sick days. That’s a huge change from a decade ago, when San Francisco was the only place to do so. Still, about 40 percent [...]

Amid the swelling national conversation about income inequality comes a new report spotlighting that the lack of mandatory paid sick leave in the U.S. disproportionately burdens Hispanics and low-wage workers, including the vast majority of food service employees. Forty percent of employed U.S. adults, or [...]

In 2013, Bill de Blasio campaigned for mayor on a promise of universal pre-K. Two years later, New York City enrolls more children in full-day pre-K than any state except Georgia, and its preschool enrollment exceeds the total number of students in San Francisco or [...]

Further evidence that pay transparency serves to reduce the gender pay gap comes from unions. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, women in union jobs earn 31 percent more per week than women in nonunion jobs. Why? In part, unions are able to [...]

Enacting a federal requirement for paid parental leave seems like a long shot right now, though, given the opposition from Republicans who control Congress and the business community. The nonprofit Institute for Women's Policy Research has studied the issue extensively. The group says the body [...]

Enacting a federal requirement for paid parental leave seems like a long shot right now, though, given the opposition from Republicans who control Congress and the business community. The nonprofit Institute for Women's Policy Research has studied the issue extensively. The group says the body [...]