Working Families » Paid Family Leave

City Council Introduces Landmark Paid Sick Days Bill

Dan Levitan — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:23:49 +0000

With 35 co-sponsors, the bill would give every New Yorker the right to take a sick day.

Coalition Fights for Right to Paid Sick Time

Dan Levitan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:03:16 +0000

Nearly 1 million workers have no paid sick days at all.

Push for Paid Family Leave

Charles — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:32:03 +0000

For years, the Working Families Party has championed a statewide Paid Family Leave program, one that would give working people a hand up through tough times. And now is our best chance ever to make it happen.

Gov. Corzine, WFP, Allies Call for Paid Family Leave

Dan Levitan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:54:14 +0000

At a breakfast panel hosted by the Drum Major Institute today, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine called on New York’s elected leaders to pass a Paid Family Leave program similar to the one passed in New Jersey this Spring.…