Paid Family Leave Resources
Here you can read the latest press and research on paid family leave as well as access other resources for the campaign.
Press
The New York Times
March 16, 2015
Advocates Press Cuomo to Take Action on Paid Family Leave Legislatione
By Rachel Swarns
The New York Times
January 30, 2015
The Economic Benefits of Paid Parental Leave
By Claire Cain Miller
The New York Times
January 29, 2015
Doctors as Advocates for Family Leave
By Pauline W. Chen, M.D.
The Washington Post
January 21, 2015
Voters want paid leave, paid sick days, poll shows. Obama, too. Will Congress oblige?
By Brigid Schulte
The New York Times
January 21, 2015
Obama Says Family Leave Is an Economic Necessity, Not Just a Women’s Issue
By Claire Cain Miller
The New York Times
January 14, 2015
Obama Plans to Push Paid Family and Sick Leave for Workers
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
December 26, 2014
Remember: The Infants Can’t Take Care of Themselves
Letter from Cynthia Di Barolo, Chair of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce
A Big Safety Net and Strong Job Market Can Coexist. Just Ask Scandinavia.
By Neil Irwin
By Claire Cain Miller and Liz Alderman
The New York Times
Paternity Leave: The Rewards and the Remaining Stigma
NYT Sunday Review
September 20, 2014
Helping the Needy
Letter from Nancy Rankin
Research
Nancy Rankin and Margaret Mark, Community Service Society, May 2015.
CSS conducted three professionally-moderated focus groups to hear first-hand from NYC mother's the hardships faced after childbirth, and how the proposed paid family leave legislation could have made a difference. This report details these discussions and provides conclusions and recommendations on paid family leave in New York State.
The Child Development Case for Paid Family Leave Insurance in New York
Zero the Three, 2015
Now is the time for New York law makers to secure the best beginnings for babies and the best future for the state by supporting paid family leave.
"The work group recommends that New York should modernize its Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) program to provide up to 12 weeks a year of insurance benefits to partly replace lost wages for workers who need to care for a newborn, newly adopted child or seriously ill family member."
Maternity and Paternity at Work: Law and Practice Across the World
International Labour Organization, 2014
"Out of the 185 countris and territories with information available, all but two provide cash benefits to women during maternity leave. The two exceptions are Papua New Guinea and the United States."
Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
Policy Statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, March 2012
“Given the documented short- and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding, infant nutrition should be considered a public health issue…”
Paid Parental Leave in the United States
What the data tell us about access, usage, and economic and health benefits
Barbara Gault, et. al.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research, March 2014
Valuing the Invaluable: 2011 Update, The Growing Contributions and Costs of Family Caregiving by Lynn Feinberg, Susan C. Reinhard, Ari Houser, and Rita Choula, AARP Public Policy Institute.
Building a Competitive Future Right from the Start: How Paid Leave Strengthens 21st Century Families by Susan Ochshorn and Curtis Skinner, National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, September 2012.
Investing in Our Families: The Case for Family Leave Insurance in New York and the Nation, A Better Balance, September 2013.
Unfinished Business: Paid Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy by Ruth Milkman and Eileen Appelbaum, Cornell University Press, 2013.
Other Resources
Press Release
New York State Assembly Passes Paid Family Leave Act
NY State Assemby Speaker Carl E. Heastie
Draft Memorandum of Support - Business
Draft Memorandum of Support - Organization
