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Paid Sick Days Expansion in DC Would Benefit Business, Reduce Health Care Costs

As the DC City Council considers the “Earned Sick and Safe Leave Amendment Act of 2013,” a proposed amendment that would expand the existing paid sick days law to more workers, a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) shows that providing paid sick days to newly covered workers under the proposed amendment is expected to save DC employers approximately $2 million per year.

November 1, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|

New Paper Outlines Improvements to Social Security to Strengthen Economic Security of Women, Low-Income People, and Same-Sex Couples
New Paper Outlines Improvements to Social Security to Strengthen Economic Security of Women, Low-Income People, and Same-Sex Couples

New Paper Outlines Improvements to Social Security to Strengthen Economic Security of Women, Low-Income People, and Same-Sex Couples

Today, the Older Women’s Economic Security Taskforce (OWES) of the National Council of Women’s Organizations and the Center for Community Change released a white paper proposing recommendations to improve Social Security for economically vulnerable Americans.

October 30, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|

Keeping a Foot in the Office Door Can Ease Mothers’ Anxiety

There are other reasons to stay connected to the working world, besides planning for a possible divorce. Leaving work contributes to the persistent wage gap between men and women, which has been stalled for some time; female workers in 2010 made just 77 cents for [...]

October 25, 2013|Categories: Press Hits|

Adoptive Parents Fight Second Class Carefiver Status

Adoptive working parents seem to have fewer supports at their disposal, according to a recent report released by the Washington-based Institute for Women's Policy Research. While the federal government treats them equally under the Family and Medical Leave Act--a federal law that allows certain employees to take up to [...]

October 23, 2013|Categories: Press Hits|

Closing the Gender Gap in the Fed’s Hallowed Halls

J anet Yellen, President Obama’s superb pick to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, should have been a shoo-in all along. In fact, it was widely thought this past spring that, as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, she was the most likely [...]

October 23, 2013|Categories: Press Hits|

Closing the Gender Gap in the Fed's Hallowed Halls

J anet Yellen, President Obama’s superb pick to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, should have been a shoo-in all along. In fact, it was widely thought this past spring that, as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, she was the most likely [...]

October 23, 2013|Categories: Press Hits|

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New Paper Outlines Improvements to Social Security to Strengthen Economic Security of Women, Low-Income People, and Same-Sex Couples

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