Advocates presented options to make workplaces more family-friendly, offering public policy approaches and recommending changes to workplace practice.
Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave
Brandy Davis, Policy Coordinator, Labor Project for Working Families
Recommendations on Promoting Family Friendly Workplaces: Paid Sick Days and Family & Medical Leave
Fact Sheet: The Benefits of a Family-Friendly Workplace: Paid Sick Days and Family & Medical Leave Bereavement Leave
Legislative History: Paid Sick Days, Family & Medical Leave & Bereavement Leave
Bereavement Leave
Mariko Yoshihara, Political Director, California Employment Lawyers Association
Recommendations on Bereavement Leave
Flexible Workplace
Jenny Erwin, Regional Administrator, United States Department of Labor Women’s Bureau
Flex-Options: Approaches to Workplace Flexibility
Preventing Violence in the Workplace
Keiko Takano, Policy Specialist, Family Violence Prevention Fund
How do you create a Domestic and Sexual Violence Policy that’s Right for your Workplace?
Employers Can Find Answers at www.workplacesrespond
Also, view these resources:
Leaves that Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California
Eileen Appelbaum (Center for Economic and Policy Research) and Ruth Milkman (UCLA/CUNY)
A Guide to Implementing Paid Family Leave: Lessons from California
Netsy Firestein, Labor Project for Working Families, Ann O’Leary and Zoe Savitsky, Center for Health, Economic & Family Security