FACT SHEET: Helping Middle-Class Families Get Ahead by Expanding Paid Sick Leave

“We are the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. . . . And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home.”– President Barack Obama, State of the [...]

By |2015-09-21T06:28:10+00:00September 21st, 2015|Features, The Buzz|Comments Off on FACT SHEET: Helping Middle-Class Families Get Ahead by Expanding Paid Sick Leave

Fair labor practice helps us all

By Thomas E. Perez   I Source: The Boston Globe  U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez LABOR DAY is about more than just barbecues and a three-day weekend. It’s a celebration of the working Americans who power our nation’s prosperity. But on this Labor Day, as we continue to recover [...]

By |2015-09-21T06:13:58+00:00September 21st, 2015|Features, The Buzz|Comments Off on Fair labor practice helps us all

National Business Women’s Week® coming up in October

Since 1928, BPWF has designated the third week in November as National Business Women's Week® -- a time to honor the contributions and achievements of working women.Held during the third week of each October, National Business Women’s Week® provides an excellent opportunity to recognize and highlight the progress women have [...]

By |2015-09-20T00:01:48+00:00September 20th, 2015|Features, The Buzz|Comments Off on National Business Women’s Week® coming up in October

It’s time to adopt a paid family and medical leave policy in the U.S.

Source:  CNNMoney (New York)   That's the message more than 200 faculty members from some top business schools are telling Congress.A letter signed by 203 professionals from 88 business schools across the country was sent to Congress on Tuesday urging them to pass the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY [...]

By |2015-09-18T20:04:17+00:00September 18th, 2015|Features, The Buzz|Comments Off on It’s time to adopt a paid family and medical leave policy in the U.S.

National Equal Pay Day

Equal Pay Day is the symbolic day when women’s earnings finally catch up to men’s earnings from the previous year. Because women earn less on average than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay. In 2015, it still takes women an extra three months of wages [...]

By |2015-04-08T21:00:18+00:00April 8th, 2015|Features, The Buzz|Comments Off on National Equal Pay Day

The Status of Women in the States: 2015 Employment & Earnings

This first release in IWPR’s series, Status of Women in the States: 2015, analyzes data points related to women’s employment and earnings, and includes state-by-state projections on when the gender wage gap will close. The report also includes data on topics such as: low-wage workers, older women, millennials, immigrant women, [...]

By |2015-04-08T16:55:15+00:00April 8th, 2015|Features, The Buzz, Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Status of Women in the States: 2015 Employment & Earnings

GI Jane Wants You – Actually she wants to work for you!

by Deborah Frett As employers,if you are looking for talented, resilient, and mission- driven employee candidates who will bring leadership skills and an immediate return on investment, then the talent pool of women veterans is for you. The military has expended extensive resources to train the most skilled, efficient, inventive, [...]

By |2015-01-16T17:35:30+00:00January 16th, 2015|Features, Military, The Buzz, Uncategorized, Veterans, Women Veterans|Comments Off on GI Jane Wants You – Actually she wants to work for you!

First Lady Michelle Obama to Give Keynote Address at BPW Foundation Forum

Event tackling career challenges for women vets taking place at women in Military Service for America Memorial (WIMSA) on Monday, November 10. Arlington, VA. – First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver keynote remarks on the Joining Forces Initiative at Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation and Redbook career forum for [...]

By |2014-11-07T15:57:19+00:00November 7th, 2014|Features, Press Release, The Buzz|Comments Off on First Lady Michelle Obama to Give Keynote Address at BPW Foundation Forum

BPW Foundation Salutes Five Outstanding Working Women Leaders- Awards Are Part of National Business Women’s Week Celebration

During National Business Women’s Week 2014, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation honors and salutes extraordinary women who epitomize what it means to be a woman leader in the workplace. This year, BPW Foundation has selected five outstanding women who are truly Working Women Helping Women Work®. The awardees are: [...]

By |2014-10-20T11:41:49+00:00October 20th, 2014|Features, Press Release, The Buzz|Comments Off on BPW Foundation Salutes Five Outstanding Working Women Leaders- Awards Are Part of National Business Women’s Week Celebration

Dixie L. Arthur: President of ASAE Business Services, Inc

During National Business Women’s Week (NBWW), October 20-24, 2014, Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation honors and salutes the following five outstanding military/veteran business women and the employers who support them. NBWW awards are given in honor of these courageous and creative women and employers who are making a difference [...]

By |2014-10-17T17:32:04+00:00October 17th, 2014|Features, National Business Women's Week, The Buzz|Comments Off on Dixie L. Arthur: President of ASAE Business Services, Inc
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