May 28, 2015 By Marshall Matsiga and Joshua Stearns, Office of the District of Columbia Auditor EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In 2008, the District of Columbia became…
By Danielle Lindemann and Dana Britton, Rutgers Center for Women and Work EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On September 25, 2013, the Jersey City Council adopted an ordinance to…
By the American Sustainable Business Council Founded in 1984, EILEEN FISHER is an American women’s clothing retailer and designer. The company has an Employee Stock…
There is overwhelming popular support for laws that guarantee a certain number of paid sick days for all employees. Moreover, research suggests that sick day…
A new audit released by the city auditor concludes that employers are indeed implementing the paid sick leave law, and that it isn’t costing them nearly as…
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees job-protected, unpaid leave. While the FMLA covers about 60 million private sector employees, roughly two-in-five…
The FAMILY Act proposes establishing a national paid family and medical leave insurance program that would provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave annually…
This National Partnership for Women & Families fact sheet lists the growing body of evidence that earned sick days laws have not hurt business in…
The authors focus on the experience of Connecticut employers with the state’s paid sick leave law, yielding valuable insight on the effect of such laws…
This study represents the first national employer survey of work and human resource management in the US Restaurant Industry. It documents the range of practices…