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Documents & Resources - Family Leave

Fact Sheets

Family Leave Insurance: Benefiting New York Businesses and Supporting Employees' Needs	A Better Balance	January 2013
Washington's LGBT and HIV/AIDS Communities Need Family and Medical Leave Insurance!	A Better Balance	September 2012
Family Leave Insurance: A Priority for Working Families in New York!	A Better Balance	May 2012
New Jersey Family Leave Insurance Guide and Accompanying Chart (note: may take a few minutes to load)	A Better Balance	February 2012
Supporting LGBT Families: The Need for Family Leave Insurance in New York	A Better Balance	November 2011
The Family and Medical Leave Act	A Better Balance	January 2011
The Family and Medical Leave Act: What Should LGBT Families Know?	A Better Balance	December 2010

Time for a Change: The Case for LGBT-Inclusive Workplace Leave Laws & Nondiscrimination Protections (CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT) (CLICK HERE FOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY)	A Better Balance	April 2012
Building a Competitive Future Right from the Start: How Paid Leave Strengthens 21st Century Families	National Center for Children in Poverty	September 2012
Pay Matters: The Positive Economic Impacts of Paid Family Leave for Families, Businesses and the Public	Rutgers Center for Women and Work	January 2012
The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes	The National Bureau of Economic Research	December 2011
Paid Family Leave: A Four-Part Series	New America Foundation	March 2011
Failing Its Families: Lack of Paid Leave and Work-Family Supports in the US	Human Rights Watch	February 2011
Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in CA	Eileen Appelbaum & Ruth Milkman	January 2011
Paid Leave in the States: A Critical Support for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families	National Center for Children in Poverty	March 2009
Economics and Politics of Work-Family Policy: The Case for a State Family Leave Insurance Program	The Working Poor Families Project	Spring 2009
Policy Brief on Paid Family Leave	Sloan Work and Family Research Network	Spring 2009
A WORKING BALANCE: Supporting New York City’s Families Through Paid Leave	A Better Balance	January 2008