1. The Family and Medical Leave Act at 20: A Record of Success, But More Can Be Done
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The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) celebrated its 20th anniversary this month. It was a huge step forward for the U.S., which lags behind nearly all other high-income countries in enabling ...

2. The Family and Medical Leave Act at 20, Part 4
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The first three entries in this series examined the need for better outreach, education and enforcement to ensure that all workers eligible for a job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave ...

3. The Family and Medical Leave Act at 20, Part 3
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In Part 1 of this series we saw that two decades after passage of the FMLA, about a third of all workers (34 percent) still have not heard about the Act. More surprising, perhaps, is the finding that a ...

4. The Family and Medical Leave Act at 20, Part 2
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In Part 1 of this series we saw that two decades after passage of the FMLA, about a third of all workers (34 percent) still have not heard about the Act. More surprising, perhaps, is the finding that a ...

5. The Family and Medical Leave Act at 20, Part 1
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The federal Family and Medical Leave Act, signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was a huge step forward for the U.S., which lags behind nearly all other countries in establishing standards ...

6. Nearly 1.4 Million Workers Have Below-Poverty Incomes; Most of Them Have Education Beyond High School
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... 2011 in the number of workers (ages 25-64) below the federal poverty line, and breaks the numbers down by educational attainment. As the table shows, there were nearly 1.4 million more workers with ...

7. Rising Inequality: Don't Blame the Robots
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... the rise in inequality primarily to technological change. Is Rising Demanding for High-Skilled Workers Creating More Inequality? The basic story is that computerization and other technological breakthroughs ...

8. Visualizing State Union Numbers
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... in total union members. Arkansas – in bright red – had the greatest decline, losing 21 percent of its union workers. Click Maps for Larger Version    The first map shows the percent change ...

9. State Union Membership, 2012
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... total number of union members. The last three columns display the data as a share of wage and salary workers (that is, excluding the self-employed). In 2012, California (2.5 million union members), New ...

10. Public-Sector Union Numbers, 2012
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... fall every year since 2009. But, the share of public-sector workers in unions also fell, from 37.0 percent in 2011 to 35.9 percent in 2012. This sizeable drop may well reflect the organized attacks against ...