Government

Honoring the Role of Women in the Passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act For over a century, efforts to address the workplace challenges of women and working families have paved the way for the enactment of vital worker…
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Balancing Big Dreams and Financial Security     Everyone, at some point in their career, asks themselves if they should stay in their job or look for something else. I sometimes ask myself those questions. I am a young…
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How One Partnership is Stabilizing the Healthcare Workforce Author Darnice Marsh, labor-management partnership coordinator in the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, opens an H-CAP conference.The …
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How Crystal Eastman Fought for Pioneering Worker Protections The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Photo courtesy of the Kheel Center.On March 25, 1911, a deadly fire spread rapidly through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in…
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Transgender Day of Visibility 2024 – The Union Effect Transgender Day of Visibility 2024 shines a light on the resilience, achievements and presence of transgender persons worldwide. This year, we want to celebrate the pivotal…
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Fast-Growing Science Occupations March 14 is Scientists Day, as well as being Pi Day. Scientists contribute to our knowledge in countless ways, from helping us solve everyday problems to leading discoveries of new galaxies. If…
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How Targeting Industries with High Employment of Women Helps Lower the Pay Gap While the gap in pay between men and women has grown smaller over the years, there is still plenty of work to do to close the pay gap, and recent…
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What You Need to Know About the Gender Wage Gap March 12 is Equal Pay Day – which represents the date into the year women must work in order to earn the same amount as the average man the previous year. But what does that mean?…
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Taking Care of Ourselves: Health and Money Smarts for Women We know that women often put the needs of others before their own, even when it comes to their physical and mental health and financial security. This Women’s History…
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Record Profit, Questionable Protections: The State of Workers’ Comp  According to a new reportby the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), the workers’ compensation industry is more profitable than ever, employer costs…
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