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07/29/10

Last week The New York Times profiled the story of Elizabeth Budde, a Washington State doctor who'd been approved for a home loan but then had her home loan revoked after a loan officer learned she was on maternity leave with her newborn baby. [1] “The reason we were buying the house was because we...

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Mary Olivella

Childcare & Early Education

07/28/10

A method for parents to balance empowering their children and still set firm boundaries so children become psychologically strong, healthy and respectful of others.

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Joe Newman

Paid Sick Days

07/28/10

Last month we asked MomsRising members like you to share your experiences with paid sick days - how having access to earned paid sick days has helped, or how NOT having them has hurt. The response was overwhelming! Moving story after moving story flowed into our offices. And now we're moving those...

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Ruth Martin

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Blog Carnivals

07/28/10

This year the White House, in cooperation with the Council on Women and Girls, hosted a conference on Workplace Flexibility. The conference came on the heels of a report by the Council of Economic Advisors on the benefits to employers of offering paid leave and flextime, official guidance on...

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Melissa Schober

07/28/10

I want to share this op-ed published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution with everyone who believes that gay adoption is a family issue, not a political one. Please re-post to Facebook, Tweet, or send to others if you like it. — Jenn A week before the Republican gubernatorial primary, Karen Handel...

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Jennifer Chrisler

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Open Flexible Work Blog Carnivals

07/28/10

Vacations are good for your health . And, you don’t need to get away to any fancy Caribbean retreat to get the benefit of time-off from work. But it helps if you are a horse. In New York City, that is. The City’s Health Department has proposed new rules for those horses hitched to carriages that...

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Jodie Levin-Epstein

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

07/28/10

The Obama Administration’s recently announced regulations mandating health plans cover preventative care without charging co-pays to the consumer are a significant step forward, but they alone won’t ensure Americans get the preventive care they need. A critical component of preventative care is...

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Andrea Lindemann Gilliam

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

07/28/10

Paid sick days — it sounds like a good idea for employees, but it's also good for businesses. Healthy workers are essential to a strong economy and to business success. When workers are provided with paid sick time, they demonstrate increased job satisfaction, commitment and morale. Their employers...

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Nicole Tobiasz-Murphy

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

07/28/10

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently released a survey on paid sick days that has people talking. The survey shows that the vast majority of Americans support legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick days. Most people feel that paid sick days are a basic right – the same...

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Judy Wemhoff

Paid Sick Days Blog Carnivals

07/28/10

The long, lazy days of summer are slowly winding to a close and school supply lists are starting to pop up in mailboxes across NC. In amongst the crayons, glue, and binders our kids will need this fall, there’s the ever present request for Kleenex. If you’re like me, you groan a little every time...

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