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Caring Leave takes affect! The culmination of decades of work by advocates!

Caring Leave takes affect! The culmination of decades of work by advocates!

by csjadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Story of The Month

Raise Up MA held a press conference on Thursday, July 1st to celebrate! Check out the articles below: Boston Herald “Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid family medical leave program in nation, supporters say” Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid...
Caring Leave takes affect! The culmination of decades of work by advocates!

“Caregiver leave celebrated as 2018 law takes full effect”- MetroWest News

by csjadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Paid Leave

“Fairhaven resident Christine Lavault said when her husband, a Korean War veteran, found out he had lung cancer she had to continue working because she was the only source of income. ‘If I had paid family leave, I could have taken him to the doctor. I...
“Caregiver Leave Celebrated As 2018 Law Takes Full Effect”- WBUR

“Caregiver Leave Celebrated As 2018 Law Takes Full Effect”- WBUR

by csjadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Paid Leave

“Beth Fauteaux, a member of the Coalition for Social Justice, said she was pregnant with her son in 2013 and after giving birth found herself going back to work three weeks after undergoing a caesarean section. ‘It was either that or be homeless. At the...
Caring Leave takes affect! The culmination of decades of work by advocates!

“MA Workers can now take up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave to care for ill relatives.”- Mass Live

by csjadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Paid Leave

“Senate President Karen Spilka, who joined PFML supporters Thursday, said she couldn’t get paid leave as a state employee after she gave birth to her children in the 1980s. ‘I vowed if I was ever in the position to change that, I would,’ the Ashland...
“Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid family medical leave program in nation, supporters say”-Boston Herald

“Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid family medical leave program in nation, supporters say”-Boston Herald

by csjadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Paid Leave

“‘This is a program that levels the playing field, particularly for our small businesses, and makes Massachusetts a more competitive place to be able to attract and retain talent, and grow businesses,’ Sen. Jason Lewis…” Read more at:...
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