Our Cartoon President, Season 1, Episode 4: Ivanka Trump address the crowd at a Women for Trump rally
about the Paid Family Leave Act.
The Republican - led State Senate has voiced concerns
about paid family leave and a $ 15 - per - hour minimum wage.
«The devil is in the details,» said Flanagan, who said a lot of his members «care very deeply»
about paid family leave.
But talks may be short
about paid family leave — an item already included in both budgets.
In the Senate, Republican Leader John Flanagan said he's open to talking
about paid family leave, and likes that the governor's plan is funded by the workers.
«I don't think small - business owners have to worry much
about paid family leave,» says Harry Holzer, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University.
Not exact matches
Small businesses were in the spotlight, too, and were mentioned directly several times, including in a question by co-moderator Dana Bash
about how entrepreneurs should be expected to
pay for potential new regulations, such as
paid time off for
family medical
leave.
While it is easy to point fingers and shame corporations for not offering
paid leave to all employees, Katie Bethell, founder and executive director of PLUS told Fortune in an interview
about an earlier version of the non-profit's report that «ultimately, solving
paid family leave will require a national public policy.»
Trump spoke
about women and empowerment, and at later sessions took opportunities to promote the administration's expanded childcare tax credit, her
paid family leave proposal, and the president's tax plan.
Paid family leave has been talked
about by Democratic and Republican leaders alike in the last several months.
This month, the 22nd anniversary of the
Family and Medical
Leave Act, I wrote an op - ed piece with my colleague Robin Stern, about why it is so important to children's development that the government protect and support families with adequate paid parental l
Leave Act, I wrote an op - ed piece with my colleague Robin Stern,
about why it is so important to children's development that the government protect and support
families with adequate
paid parental
leaveleave.
Think
about that for a second: Half of all U.S. babies are born into low - income
families, the population segment least likely to be able to take parental
leave of any type —
paid or unpaid — after the birth of a baby.
The policy is still relatively new, and so has yet to take a firm foothold in many workplaces yet alone
families, but with modern dads wanting to be more involved than ever, we wanted to find out the specific reasons why more shared parental
leave pay wouldn't necessarily mean more take - up, and why so few new parents were having those conversations
about it in the first place.
I'm all with Allers that we need
paid family leave, but until that day, I'm not going to give stressed working moms a lecture
about how they're striking a «fatal blow to the health and wellness of future generations,» by forgoing breastfeeding.
But a program
about my area this week on BBC Wales showed the utter devastation in my area of
families living on what is now well below poverty levels, one chap said after he
pays his bills electric gas water he is
left with ten pound a week to buy food, and thats not unusual around me.
They should be very excited
about a bold, progressive budget that includes a much higher minimum wage and the establishment of a
paid family leave program.
«It's great news to see that
paid family leave is
about to become a reality in New York State,» HTC President Peter Ward said.
Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking
about meaty issues, including establishing a system of
paid family and medical
leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.
«After a budget process that included unprecedented anti-employer actions — including a drastic increase to the minimum wage and the most expansive
paid family leave mandate in the nation — the employers and the communities we represent are deeply concerned
about their ability to operate in a state that is consistently viewed among the worst in the nation to start or grow a business by every objective ranking while effectively competing in a global marketplace,» the groups wrote in the letter.
She expressed optimism
about Governor Andrew Cuomo raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, and working to improve
paid family leave policies.
Thoughts
about family segue into analytical policy on flexible parental
leave, the gender
pay gap, the merits of a universal basic income and the shocking amount of unpaid work done by women (# 1,019 trillion 2014).
In terms of women's equality, he's said nothing
about childcare or
paid family leave or raising the minimum wage.
Duffy and his colleagues talk
about their legislative preferences for the New York State legislature and current topics of interest, including
paid family leave and raising the minimum wage.
After his re-election in 2014, Cuomo reinvented himself as a full - throated economic populist, pushing through a minimum wage hike and a
paid family leave program, and unveiling massive infrastructure spending plans and a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has been light on details
about funding.
«I've been all over this state talking
about this and I think the support for
paid family leave and raising the minimum wage is clear,» Cuomo said.
For
about a year Perez has been on the Lead On
Leave tour, calling on businesses, states and local governments to address paid family leave, even as Congress fails to d
Leave tour, calling on businesses, states and local governments to address
paid family leave, even as Congress fails to d
leave, even as Congress fails to do so.
«The primaries were all
about that and the platform resulted from these primaries and then the discussion of the powerful ideas, raising taxes on the wealthy, increasing wages and benefits, things like
paid family leave,
paid sick
leave, things that really would have resonated with so many people hurting in this country,» de Blasio told NY1's Errol Louis in his weekly «Mondays with the Mayor» segment.
Since becoming governor in 2011, Cuomo has amassed legislative victories on many issues progressives care
about, such as marriage equality, $ 15 minimum wage and
paid family leave.
Paid family leave is another boondoggle that's really another tax
about to be put on NYers and we're taxed enough already.
Biryla says many businesses are concerned
about the new employer mandates - particularly
paid family leave.
Teacher and petitioner Emily James, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills
about the efforts to get the city to provide
paid family leave for city public school teachers.
Teacher and petitioner Emily James, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills
about the problems public school teachers face because they do not receive
paid family leave.
«Andrew Cuomo appeals to progressive liberals,
left - leaning voters, and when he campaigns for their support he is going to be talking
about marriage equality,
paid family leave, the SAFE (gun regulation) Act, and clean energy standards that could [be] the toughest in the nation.
United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew sits down with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills to talk
about the city's public school teachers not having
paid family leave.
He did tell the transit workers from all around the country
about his record on progressive issues in New York, like raising the minimum wage and enacting
paid family leave.
The third, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is mostly talking
about the minimum wage and
paid family leave, which are important policies worth pursuing.
Carreker, who was waiting for a meeting with Cuomo administration representatives
about paid leave when she spoke with Gotham Gazette, said she is confident a compromise can be reached and stressed she feels that advocates need to focus on educating legislators and small businesses on the impact
paid family leave would actually have.
«At a time when we have serious concerns
about what is going on in Washington, DC, Governor Cuomo has proven that you can govern effectively, and advance progressive change in a unifying manner,» said RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, in a statement at the time, touting Cuomo's progressive accomplishments including the passage of the state's marriage equality bill,
paid family leave, and a $ 15 minimum wage, among other things.
U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., will stop at Sunshine's Coffee Shop on Thompson Road in DeWitt to rally voters for Deacon and talk
about their support for a bill to provide
paid family leave for American workers.
Asked
about the governor's increasing national focus, spokesman Richard Azzopardi responded with a laundry list of the governor's accomplishments: his successful drives for marriage equality, gun control,
paid family leave, a $ 15 minimum wage and free tuition at state colleges and universities.
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to the president, met at the Midtown headquarters of 1199 SEIU, the health care workers» union, with
about 30 other people, including 1199 president George Gresham and members of his union, representatives from 32BJ SEIU, which represents property service workers, and the New York
Paid Family Leave Insurance Campaign, said Dolan, who also attended.
We're talking
about a $ 15 minimum wage,
paid family leave — that didn't happen over night.
When questioned
about specific votes, such as those against the minimum wage increase and
paid family leave, and against early voting, she chalked them up to the «inside baseball» of legislating, and provided somewhat vague answers.
And
about 22 workers, thank GOD for my life I am
leaving well today a happy mother with three kids, thanks to you Mr.Young Now I can take care of my lovely
family, i can now
pay my bill.
Republicans successfully made this a referendum on President Obama's record and won resoundingly, but where the election was
about everyday concerns — education, minimum wage,
paid sick
leave — working
families prevailed.»
In August, we wrote
about a large, Catholic
family who
left St. Charles School in Bloomington last year because they couldn't afford to
pay tuition for five kids.
I'm not talking here
about the outliers, like the Kindle millionaires, but the many who are earning enough to
leave their day jobs, feed their
families,
pay their mortgage, afford comforts and luxuries.
For instance, if you figure your take - home
pay is $ 60,000 after taxes, you'll want to
leave a lump sum that could supply your
family with an annual income of
about $ 45,000 for however many years you think appropriate.
Under our preliminary updated central estimate, she would increase primary spending by $ 1.65 trillion over the next decade, including
about $ 500 billion of spending on college education, $ 300 billion each on
paid family leave and infrastructure, and significant new health - related spending.
Having mortgage life insurance, in addition to your life insurance offered through your employer, is another way to be sure your loved ones are not
left worrying
about paying for the
family home.