Cuomo Signs Most Progressive Paid Family Leave Law In The Country
The issue of Paid Family Leave just got some New York size momentum. Although this weather pattern makes one believe it is still winter, April showers have paid leave laws blossoming all over the place. On April 4th, New York State passed what is being hailed as the most comprehensive and generous paid family leave law in the country. Just a day after, San Francisco made history by becoming the first city in the country to approve six weeks of FULLY paid leave for new paren
April 12th is Equal Pay Day: Women Cannot Wait Any Longer!
April 12th recognizes National Equal Pay Day. It should really be called National Unequal Pay Day because, as you’ve heard before, on average, full-time working women earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. April 12th is the date we mark Equal Pay Day because a woman would have to work over 100 days – or until April 12th – the following year to make the same amount a man makes in the previous year. For women of color and women who have children the wage gap is even g