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JOB QUALITY NEWSLETTER
December 2019
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New Brief on how Low Job Quality Leaves Workers and our Economy Vulnerable to the Next Recession
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| From 2007 to 2009, the Great Recession caused severe economic hardships for workers and their families. Many people who earn low wages are still struggling to recover over a decade later. When another recession occurs, the impact will be deeper and more painful for workers than it needs to be. This brief outlines policy proposals that improve job quality and would promote workers' economic security during another recession. |
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What we've been working on
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Why We Need Schedules That Work Act
This fact sheet outlines the disparate impact unpredictable and unstable scheduling has on workers' wellbeing and economic stability. It also reveals how the Schedules That Work Act will provide working people with greater certainty about their hours and income by giving them the right to request fair and predictable schedules.
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How Inflation Reinforces Economic Disparities
Economists are increasingly concerned about a new face of economic inequality in this country -- inflation inequality. This blog details how inflation inequality threatens to further entrap low-income families in poverty and suppress economic mobility.
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Low-wage Workers Least Likely to have Paid Sick Days
Every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the National Compensation Survey (NCS) that includes data about workers' access to benefits such as paid sick leave and paid family leave. With flu season upon us, this blog analyzes NCS data and details how low-wage and part-time workers are particularly vulnerable to further economic insecurity because they disproportionately lack access to paid leave.
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Reflecting on CLASP's Paid Family and Medical Leave Convening in Washington
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Several weeks ago, we were joined by over 100 advocates, agency representatives, and friends in Tacoma, Washington for an engaging conference: Paid Leave Collaboration and Connections: A Convening for States Leading the Way. This convening—organized in collaboration with Family Values @ Work and the Washington State Employment Security Department—connected national experts, state government administrators, coalition leaders, and advocates from across the country to share new research, best practices, and lessons learned to improve existing paid family and medical leave (PFML) policies and inform new ones. Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Labor Commissioner Suzan LeVine kicked off two days of deep engagement around what it means to effectively center equity in a PFML program. We rounded out the convening with a discussion about passing a national paid family and medical leave law, with remarks from Congressman Danny Davis, Chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee with jurisdiction over the FAMILY Act.
We will carry the momentum from this convening as we continue pushing for an inclusive, comprehensive paid family and medical leave federal policy for all people!
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What we're reading and watching
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NEW AMERICA
Lifting the Barriers to Paid Family and Medical Leave for Men in the United States
Americans' attitude toward men giving care and taking caregiving leave is evolving; however, policy and social support haven't met the needs of men who require time off for caregiving. Using a nationally representative survey and data collected from online focus groups, the authors of this report identify key barriers men face that may prevent them from taking time off work to engage in caregiving needs.
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SHIFT PROJECT
It's About Time: How Work Schedule Instability Matters for Workers, Families, and Racial Inequality
This report by The Shift Project at UC Berkley's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment outlines the negative consequences on service workers and their families of unpredictable and unstable schedules, which includes difficulties affording food, paying the bills, visiting the doctor or hospital, and affording stable housing.
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CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES
"Paid Family Leave" Proposal Offers Loan, Not leave
Lacking job protection and offering a loan that families must repay is not a meaningful paid leave program, but that's the misguided strategy in a recent bill proposed by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and Kyrsten Sinema. Despite being advertised as "paid family leave", this proposal fails to live up to that expectation. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued this new report explaining the key elements missing in this proposal that prevents the bill from being a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy. We responded with a staement from Pronita Gupta on this bill here.
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GROUNDWORK COLLABORATIVE
The Costs of Being Poor: Inflation Inequality Leads to Three Million More People in Poverty
This report identifies and explains a phenomenon in which prices for low-income households have grown more rapidly than prices for the rich--also dubbed as inflation inequality. Using an adjusted inflation index that accounts for inflation inequality, the authors find 3.2 million more people are living in poverty.
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Video
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| Pronita Gupta spoke at Aspen Institute's Ascend ThinkXChange 2019 conference. She was on a panel to discuss family-supportive policies like paid family leave and how to lead with equity. |
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