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Breast-Feeding Opportunities Will Increase Under Healthcare Reform

Under the new law, employers must provide nursing breaks and a private, sanitary place where mothers of children younger than 1 who work as nonexempt employees can express breast milk. Salaried women are expected to benefit as well. Companies with fewer than 50 workers may [...]

January 5, 2011|Categories: Press Hits|

Discerning Sex Discrimination

"Many workers don’t know how much their counterparts are paid, and it’s not easy to find out. Private employers have no obligation to disclose employees’ earnings. While the National Labor Relations Act protects the rights of individuals to disclose their own salaries, these rights are [...]

January 5, 2011|Categories: Press Hits|

44 Million U.S. Workers Lacked Paid Sick Days in 2010

New research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that, after correcting for job tenure requirements imposed by employers, only 58 percent of private sector employees in the U.S. had access to paid sick days in 2010.

January 3, 2011|Categories: Press Releases|

Experts Available For Comment on Social and Economic Inequalities in the Country

WHAT: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is visiting Yemen today to address the presence of extremism and repair diplomatic ties. This will be the first visit by a Secretary of State to Yemen in 20 years. Clinton said her visit is also intended to [...]

January 1, 2011|Categories: Press Releases|

Health Care to Boost Rates of Breastfeeding Among Working Women
Health Care to Boost Rates of Breastfeeding Among Working Women

Health Care to Boost Rates of Breastfeeding Among Working Women

A new report released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will increase the number of working mothers who breastfeed their children up to the age of six months, particular among lower income and hourly employees.

December 20, 2010|Categories: Press Releases|

Health Care Act to Boost Rates of Breastfeeding Among Women

New provisions under the ACA for expressing breast milk at work will largely impact hourly employees.

December 20, 2010|Categories: Press Releases|

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