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. …
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 …
What can Colorado Learn from Washington State as They Roll out Their Ambitious Paid Family and Medical Leave Program?
Washington State joined the states offering a paid family leave program to their workers with legislation enacted in 2017. It began payroll tax …
New Jersey Workers Face Higher Paid Family and Medical Leave Premiums. Will Their DOL Get It Right?
The State of New Jersey’s Department of Labor has been struggling to set premiums after their legislature approved substantial increases in benefits …
Key terms – a primer to government paid leave
Despite the extensive discussion about family leave in the media and among various forums, there is still wide-spread confusion about the essential …
Vermont and New Hampshire Hold out Against Mandated Paid Family and Medical Leave.
Opponents to a paid family leave mandate in Vermont and in New Hampshire have their governors on their side. Both have explored a state initiated …