Paid Leave Activity in Other States
School of Management and Labor Relations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Current Research and Reports
The Fiscal Viability of New Jersey Family Leave Insurance, Michele Naples
Eagleton Institute of Politics poll on family leave insurance November 9, 2006
Economic Security and Opportunity for Working Families: Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, by Eileen Appelbaum, January 16, 2006
Achieving a Workable Balance: New Jersey Employer's Experiences Managing Employee Leaves and Turnovers, by Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman
MultiState Working Families Consortium, PowerPoint Presentation by Ellen Bravo Download in Adobe pdf format.
Work-Family Policy Environment for Low-Wage Workers, Challenges and Opportunities - a PowerPoint presentation by Ellen Bravo at the December 14, 2004 meeting of the Working Families Coalition in New York.
Two policy briefs by Jodie Levin-Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy, which consider the implications of work leave in New Zealand and the United States and examines the implementation experiences of 17 New Zealand small businesses.
Brief 1: Taking the Next Step: What Can the U.S. Learn About Parental Leave from New Zealand?
Brief 2: Taking the Next Step: What Can the U.S. Learn About Sick Leave from New Zealand?
10 Things That Could Happen to You if You Didn't Have Paid Sick Days - a publication of 9to5, National Association of Working Women provides real-life experiences of workers who do not have paid sick days
Press Release (Adobe pdf file) Booklet (Adobe pdf file)
Paid Family Leave in California: New Research Findings
By Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum
California made history when the nation’s first comprehensive paid family leave (PFL) program was signed into law by former governor Gray Davis on September 23, 2002. Benefits provided by this pioneering legislation will be available to most working Californians starting on July 1, 2004.
>>> View the ResearchHelping America's Working Parents - Issue Brief - A report from the New America Foundation details why it is time for the U.S. to move beyond the current patchwork of private solutions devised by families to cope with work-family conflicts and to consider policy lessons from Europe and even from neighboring Canada. Policies that provide family leave rights with wage replacement, set limits on working hours, strengthen the right to work part-time, and provide high quality, affordable child care hold promise for increasing parents' options in combining earning and caring. At the same time, these policies promote the well-being of children, the economic security of families, and equality between men and women in both the labor market and at home. Full Research Paper available at http://www.newamerica.net/Download_Docs/pdfs/Doc_File_2060_1.pdf
NO TIME TO BE SICK: Why Everyone Suffers
When Workers Don't have Paid Sick Leave
http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B242.pdf
A publication of the Institute for Women's Policy Research concludes "Expansion of paid sick leave and integration of family care giving activities into authorized uses of paid sick leave are crucial work and health supports for workers, their families, employers, and our communities at large."Get Well Soon: Americans Can't Afford to be Sick,
http://npwf.pinson3.net/portals/p3/library/PaidLeave/SickDays/GetWellSoon.pdf
A new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families focuses on access to paid sick leave, examining how each state, the District of Columbia, and the federal government provide or guarantee access to paid sick days for workers in the public and private sectors.
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