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Work/Family Policy Advocacy
In January 2008, a new bill was signed into law to expand the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to allow family members of wounded service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan up to 26 weeks of job protected, unpaid leave. The bill will also allow family members to use their original FMLA leave when a family member is deployed to military service.
Now, the Department of Labor is working to implement the FMLA expansion for military families. However, in the name of efficiency, the Department combined the implementation of these new provisions with a series of proposed rules that could restrict workers' access to the FMLA.
Please send a letter to the Department today asking them to move quickly in expanding FMLA for military families but to hold back on making other regulation changes that are unrelated to the military families and could restrict workers' access to the FMLA. Public comments will be accepted until April 11. Commenting is easy! Download a sample comment from Equal Rights Advocates for you to personalize and edit. Personalize your comment as much as possible, and include any stories you have about the importance of taking family or medical leave to care for yourself, a new baby, or family member. Then print out the letter, sign and mail to the address noted on the letter.
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Statement from ERA Executive Director Irma
D. Herrera Opposing United States Supreme Court Nominee Samuel A. Alito
Dear Friends: The Board and Staff of Equal Rights Advocates
are united in their opposition to Samuel A. Alito's nomination to the
United States Supreme Court. Judge Alito's record on employment discrimination
and Congressional authority while serving on the Third Circuit Court
of Appeals is deeply troubling. (more)
February
22, 2005:
ERA leads protest against move to end gender data
collection
ERA, The Impact Fund, and the Discrimination Research Center (DRC), protested
a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) proposal to drop gender data
from its Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey, in a letter sent
on February 17, 2005 to BLS Commissioner Kathleen P. Utgoff.
Letter
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Letter Signatories
Press Release
Current Impact Cases
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Each case in ERA’s docket has the potential to create social change and
improve the lives of women.
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Discrimination in the Retail Industry
Discrimination in the Restaurant Industry
High-Tech
Sweatshop Discrimination
Discrimination in the Garment Industry
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