Senior Fellow @NewAmerica, fmr @NPWF, @Lake_Research. Policy maven, strategist, lawyer working for #paidleave #equalpay #genderequity for all. Tweets are mine.
Nov 19, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
1/ YES!!! My statement on the historic passage of paid family and medical leave and other care priorities in the Build Back Better Act (linked & below).
newamerica.org/better-life-la…2/ “The United States is one step closer tonight to finally enacting a national paid family and medical leave program so that every working person can care for themselves, a new child or an ill loved one...
Nov 18, 2021 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
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1/ Passing #paidleave in #BuildBackBetter is the only pathway to putting paid family and medical leave in reach of an estimated 18.5 million people who need to care for themselves or a loved one each year.
This is Plan A. There is no Plan B that will deliver like this.
THREAD ON PAID SICK DAYS/PAID LEAVE EROSION. Earlier today, Trump said he was planning to fix the #paidsickdays & #paidleave provisions in #FamiliesFirstCoronavirusResponseAct to require more businesses to provide sick leave. Instead, his negotiators: (1/8)
(1) Scaled back extended paid #FMLA to cover parents affected by school or child care closure (no personal or family care leave)
(2) Made it easier for employers to carve out emergency workers and health care providers from both #paidsickdays and #paidleave (2/8)
