The 1963 report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women recommended that: “Paid maternity leave or comparable insurance benefits should be provided for women workers; employers, unions, and government should explore the best means of accomplishing this purpose.” Fifty-five years later, the United States is the last of the industrial nations to not have a federal mandate for paid parental leave. This is troubling since the number of two-parent households in which both parents work full-time has increased from one-third in 1970 to 46 percent in 2015.
The responsibility for compelling employers to offer paid parental leave has largely fallen to individual states, cities, and the private sector, for example, the City of Columbus unveiled their paid family leave policy for city workers in the spring of 2017.
Join us as we discuss the issues surrounding creating this policy from two perspectives: city government and small business. This event is hosted by the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. To register, please click here.
Presenters:
Elizabeth Brown, Member City Council, The City of Columbus
Heather Whaling, President, Geben Communication
Moderator:
Shadia Jallaq, Manager, POWER, John Glenn College of Public Affairs
