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New Jersey employees are now eligible to receive Family Leave Insurance benefits! Benefits may be used for up to six weeks to bond with a child or care for a family member with a serious health condition. A guide to New Jersey Family Leave Insurance will be posted on our website soon. (For more information click here or call the Division of Temporary Disability Insurance at (609) 292-7060.) Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights. The New York State legislature is considering a law that would guarantee basic labor protections to nannies, housekeepers and caregivers for the elderly, who have been excluded from labor laws for decades. Valuing caregiving means valuing the work of those who provide care to our families in our homes. - Read the New York Times editorial urging passage of the bill (June 15, 2009). - Watch Women and Work: Feminists in Solidarity With Domestic Workers, with ABB's Yolanda Wu - Learn more about Domestic Workers United and take action to support the bill! Trial Court Rules That Milwaukee Has The Authority to Enact Paid Sick Leave Law But Strikes Down Law Because of Inclusion of Domestic Violence Provisions. (June 15, 2009).
Healthy Families Act. The Healthy Families Act (H.R. 2460 / S. 1152 ) has been reintroduced in the House and Senate. The bill would guarantee workers the right to earn up to 7 paid sick days a year to address their own health needs or to care for a sick family member.
- TAKE ACTION! Urge Congress to support paid sick days. - Hearing held before the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee (June 11, 2009).
- New York Working Moms Examiner blog about Health Families Act (May 20, 2009). - Bill Would Guarantee Up to 7 Paid Sick Days, N.Y. Times (May 15, 2009). Paid Family Leave in New York. On June 5th, two new bills were introduced in the New York Senate and Assembly to provide support for all workers who need time to care for their new children or seriously ill family members. To learn more and take action, please visit www.timetocareny.org.
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