For
State Legislators, 2006
Designing
Paid Sick Days Legislation
Conference
Call Briefings
Mark
your calendar for these Thursdays from 4:00 –
5:00 EST.
Hear what the experts and colleagues from around the
country have to say about paid sick days AND ask your
own questions.
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get a free CD, click
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number in the text. Then, we’ll send you
the call-in instructions and/or mail you the
CD.
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JUNE
22: Why are paid
sick days important to families, businesses, and states?
Guests:
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Senator
Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Kate
Kahan, National Partnership for Women and Families
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Vicky
Lovell, IWPR
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Rep.
Anne Paulson, Massachusetts State Legislature
JULY
20: Preparing
for the ‘politics’ around paid sick days
legislation
Guests:
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Rep.
Helen Head, Vermont State Legislature
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Ellen
Bravo, Coordinator, Multi-States Working
Families Consortium
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Melissa
Josephs, Director of Equal Opportunity
Policy, Women Employed
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Margaret
Amato, Manager, Corporate Relations, Exelon
Corporation
SEPTEMBER
21: Designing paid sick days legislation
and navigating the issues
Guests:
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Rep.
Nan Orrock, Georgia State Legislature
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Alderman
Austin King, Madison
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Holly
Fechner, Office of Senator Kennedy (Invited)
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Jodie
Levin-Epstein, CLASP
Co-Sponsors:
Women Legislators’ Lobby (WiLL)
and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Contacts: Laura Boyd:
lboyd5@wand.org
and Jodie Levin-Epstein: jodie@clasp.org |
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An
invitation for State Legislators
We welcome you to take with a brief survey
to determine the level
of interest in state legislatures about
work
leave and workplace flexibility issues.
WiLL
is working with CLASP (the Center for Law and
Social Policy) on this project. |
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