Paid Leave – a Closer Look at Solvency and Sustainability
Colorado recently passed an expansive version of a state-run paid family and medical leave program. The benefits are alluring, some say a moral …
Can a Government Paid Leave Program Promote Equity?
Not enough people are talking about how and why government paid leave programs are failing to achieve equity goals. Flawed assumptions are at the …
Prop 118 Will Hasten the Decline of Opportunity.
Mandated paid leave sorts, sifts, and directs the outcomes. Not everybody wins. It is doubtful that depriving small businesses, women, and unskilled …
Paid Leave May Hinder, Not Help, Career Growth for Women.
The paid leave scheme uses powerful policy levers to manipulate employment agreements on a state or nation-wide scale. There are surprising costs.
Statistic of Working Birth Moms Fuels Reckless Urgency.
“1 in 4 moms return to work two weeks after giving birth” is a claim we are hearing often as the clock ticks down to convince voters to approve or …
Prop 118 – Yet Another Painful Blow to Small Businesses?
Many are concerned about the broader implications of a one size fits all policy on this scale. Among those implications, the risks to small businesses …
Paid Leave – Is It Sustainable?
Advocate for paid leave are relying heavily on poorly supported assumptions that the program will experience slow, predictable growth keeping it …
Colorado Proposition 118-Key Provisions and Top Concerns to Consider.
Voters face a complex decision that is essentially irreversible. This controversial model proposed by advocates is one of many and we should not rush …
Are Colorado Workers Ready to Commit to a Paid Leave Tax?
Colorado voters will face a ballot proposition in November, #118, which requires workers to commit a contribution from their wages as a payroll tax. …
Will Colorado Join 13 Other States Requiring Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave?
Colorado sits on the edge of passing a mandate for employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. Senate Bill 205, “Sick Leave for …
Is it Time for a Sick Leave Law in Colorado?
It is hard to escape how eerily different everything around us has become. To be hit with rapid, far-reaching change that leaves us with …
Expectations for Colorado Paid Family Leave Should be Tempered by the Potential Risks.
The health benefits of family leave are heavily supported and widely acknowledged. Their popularity has driven rising efforts to provide them in the …