The Job Loss Tsunami of the Great Recession: Wave Recedes for Men, Not for Women
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Paid Sick Days and Employer Penalties for Absence
Paid sick days laws, including those in San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC, as well as many proposed elsewhere and nationally, include anti-retaliation provisions: if an employee uses paid sick days for an appropriate purpose, they cannot be fired, demoted, or otherwise penalized as a result.
Pension Crediting for Caregivers: Policies in Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan
The report describes the rationales and objectives for pension caregiver crediting, which can include poverty alleviation, increased labor force participation, increased fertility rates, and greater gender equality
Widows: Causes and Effects
A presentation on International Widows Day, June 23.2011, at the United Nations by Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.
The Right Call: Breastfeeding Accommodations under the Affordable Care Act
The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) breastfeeding protections establish the rights of new mothers who are nonexempt employees to reasonable break times and private space to express breast milk at work until a child is one year of age.
The New Mexico Pay Equity Initiative in State Contracting
In January 28, 2009, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico issued Executive Order 2009-004 ‘Fair and Equal Pay for All New Mexicans Initiative’ which formally declared that identifying and combating pay inequity and job segregation was the policy of the State of New Mexico and established a ‘Governor’s Taskforce on Fair and Equal Pay (“The Taskforce”).
Paid Sick Days in Connecticut Would Improve Health Outcomes, Help Control Health Care Costs
In Connecticut, 37 percent of the percent of the private sector workforce, or 471,000 workers, lack access to paid sick days.
Social and Economic Status of Latina Immigrants in Phoenix
DOWNLOAD REPORT One in ten Arizona residents [...]
