A one-sheet overview on how the New York State Legislation is a good benefit, good for business, and good policy from the New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition.

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The Center for Working Families is seeking support when they go to Albany to lobby for the Paid Family Leave Act. Please download the attachedSupport Letter and send to Attn: Kalyani Thampi, Center for Working Families, 2-4 Nevins St., 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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“This year, I will ask again that you enact a paid family leave bill. It is unfair to ask hard
working New Yorkers to choose between economic security and caring for a loved family
member.”
-Governor Eliot Spitzer (January 9, 2008)

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Two-and-a-half years ago, California became the first state in the nation to offer paid family leave benefits. Who has benefited? What has been learned? Download this report.

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The Paid Family Leave Coalition will be holding a press event in Albany July 26 to demand that the Senate pass Paid Family Leave. From the New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition.

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Governor Spitzer's urges the New York State Senate to make Paid Family Leave a priority. From the The New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition.

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The New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition is advocating for the expansion of current NYS Family Leave Act. NAWBO NYC supports the legislation; it is a modest increase that will provide the flexibility for employees to receive some coverage and time off to take care of ill a family member. Employees are valuable assets and the question before employers and employees is how do we handle and balance personal and family crisis in the work place? Following is a press realease from the coalition with information about the their activities. The Working Families Time to Care Act (A 7130) has been introduced, now is the time to learn and to ask important questions about these issues.

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Thank you for putting together this event, Working Families Multi-State Coalition Meeting Download pdf file about the Consortium. I am Carolyn Sevos, the VP of Public Policy for NAWBO-NYC, the National Association of Women Business Owners. NAWBO is a national association, the largest
collective voice of business owners in the US. We represent all trades. According to the 2006 Center for Women's Business Research, in New Yorks state, we have over 600,000 women-owned businesses and we generate nearly 88 billion in sales. On average, women businesses have:
• 10.6 full time employees
• 2.5 part time employers
• 5.0 contract or temporary employees

NAWBO NYC strongly supports the Families in the Workplace Act. As the California law has shown, the extension of the Family Leave Insurance Program to include paid leave and flexible work hours for employees to manage an illness—their own or for a family member—has been positive.

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