Here in America, sick leave is viewed as a perk. That means that lower-income workers are the ones most likely to get none. And that essentially makes paid sick leave a public health issue. Low-paid hourly workers in service industries like fast food and retail [...]

The most recent, and largest, state to take action is California, where the Fair Pay Act took effect on Jan. 1. There are good reasons to bolster protections for workers who talk about their pay with their co-workers. Many workers fear discussing pay at work [...]

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 [...]