family leave policies, state by state grades, NPWF

Outdated workplace policies burden 21st century families

Expecting Better, a recent report by the National Partnership for Women and Families, tells a story most parents in America already know: outdated family leave laws are making pregnancy and parenthood especially difficult for working parents. The report takes a critical look at federal family leave policy in the U.S. – one of only a [...]

Former Sen. Alan Simpson

Bowles-Simpson deficit plan worse for future Social Security recipients than no action by Congress

The beauty of Social Security is its simplicity. Social Security is a self-financing system that workers and employers pay into, and upon retirement (or in the case of disability or death), workers and their families receive benefits commensurate with average wages. Pretty simple, and critical for millions of Americans. So when someone tries to distort the [...]

child care workers

New research highlights the value of unions to child care providers

As the issue of child care provider unionization is considered in multiple states, a better understanding is needed regarding the effects of unionization on improvements in training, access to information, and  quality of care to children and communities. Two recent studies, one conducted by EOI and the other by Rutgers University, help to shed light [...]

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