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Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau announced $1.55 million in grants to study the feasibility of
developing and expanding statewide paid family and medical leave programs.
The 2015 Paid Leave Analysis Grants awardees are:
- The State of California,
Employment Development Department
- The Montgomery County Office of
Legislative Oversight, Maryland
- The New Hampshire Employment
Security
- The New York City Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene
- The Rhode Island Department of
Labor and Training
- The Tennessee Commission on Aging
and Disability
- The Vermont Commission on Women
- The Washington State Employment
Security Department
Read our press release for more information.
Read the blog post from U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Tom
Perez.
This investment builds on the $500,000 in paid leave analysis
grants awarded in 2014 to the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Montana and
Rhode Island, and represent one of the key deliverables and action items
announced at the June 2014 White House Summit on Working Families.
Please help DOL (@USDOL and @LaborSec) share the great news! Below are sample tweets and Facebook posts for you to share. Join the conversation at #LeadOnLeave
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RT to spread the word: New @USDOL grants will help us take the #LeadOnLeave http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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Guess who's leading on #PaidLeave? (Hint: not us) http://huff.to/1L2c4cD via @LaborSec
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#PaidLeave helps working families succeed. It’s time for the U.S. to #LeadOnLeave http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
- Paid leave is a ‘when’ question, not an ‘if’ question. Today’s announcement brings us one step closer. http://huff.to/1L2c4cD #LeadOnLeave
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California is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up successful #PaidLeave programs http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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.@MontgomeryCoMD is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up a #PaidLeave program http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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New Hampshire is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up successful #PaidLeave programs→ http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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Rhode Island is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up successful #PaidLeave programs → http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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Tennessee is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up successful #PaidLeave programs → http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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Vermont is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up successful #PaidLeave programs → http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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Washington is ready to #LeadOnLeave thanks to a @USDOL grant to explore setting up successful #PaidLeave programs → http://huff.to/1L2c4cD
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