http://www.clasp.org/issues/rss/topic_publications.xml?type=work_life_and_job_quality&id=0001 Resources and Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:51:15 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1253&list=publications Getting Down to Business is CLASP's monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1253&list=publications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Workforce-Ed-Mark-Up-April-16-to-Committee-April-15.pdf As the Committee on Education and the Workforce considers The Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 1406) sponsored by Representative Martha Roby (R-AL), CLASP urges the Committee not to move measure forward. A mission of the Committee is to protect the workforce; the bill would add a new wage rule that raises the specter of greater vulnerability for the non-exempt workforce. Since enforcement of basic wage rules is woefully under resourced, we need to fix that first. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP-Workforce-Ed-Mark-Up-April-16-to-Committee-April-15.pdf Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/4.9.13-Earned-Paid-Sick-Time-Business-Questionnaire_MA.pdf Surveys of employers about their sick days' practices and about their views regarding a new law can be helpful in a city or state campaign. We were asked by Massachusetts' advocates to come up with this survey tool. We hope advocates will adapt it to suit their particular needs. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/4.9.13-Earned-Paid-Sick-Time-Business-Questionnaire_MA.pdf Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1228&list=publications Getting Down to Business is a CLASP monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1228&list=publications Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/SF-Implementation-Brief-FINAL.pdf Implementing a new law is always a complex process. But what happens when you are the first jurisdiction in the country to pass such a law? This was the unique challenge facing San Francisco when it passed the nation's first earned sick days law in 2006. The City and County government took on the challenge admirably, employing a variety of creative strategies to conduct outreach to the public, write meaningful rules, and ensure the law would be properly enforced. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/SF-Implementation-Brief-FINAL.pdf Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Business-Voices-on-Ease-of-Implementation-of-Sick-Days-DC-and-SF.pdf Around the nation, city councils and state legislatures are increasingly considering legislation to establish a sick days' law. Employers, particularly those who are not familiar with sick days' policy, are leery of administering it. For some, this worry leads them to oppose passage of legislation. However, in locations where laws are already implemented, many businesses have stepped forward to acknowledge that administering sick days' policy is actually pretty simple. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Business-Voices-on-Ease-of-Implementation-of-Sick-Days-DC-and-SF.pdf Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1215&list=publications Getting Down to Business is a CLASP monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1215&list=publications Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Certifications-Job-Quality-Advocates-Partners.pdf Increasingly, businesses are seeking out certifications as tools to assess their impact and verify that their practices are consistent with their values. For job quality advocates, who are increasingly recognizing the crucial role of business support in successful campaigns, both certifying organizations and certified businesses can be valuable partners. This issue brief provides job quality advocates with a primer on the nuts and bolts of the certification movement and suggests ways advocates can foster fruitful relationships between the movements. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Certifications-Job-Quality-Advocates-Partners.pdf Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Seattle-Sick-Days-Implementation-CLASP.pdf This issue brief draws upon Seattle's experience implementing its Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to delineate best practices for implementing such laws. Seattle passed its earned sick days law in September 2011. The task of implementation in Seattle fell to the city's Office for Civil Rights (SOCR). CLASP spoke with SOCR staff to learn about their innovative approaches to outreach, implementation, and enforcement. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Seattle-Sick-Days-Implementation-CLASP.pdf Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1202&list=publications Getting Down to Business is a CLASP monthly update on the latest news about business and paid leave. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1202&list=publications Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/PTO-Fact-Sheet-FINAL-FINAL.pdf http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/PTO-Fact-Sheet-FINAL-FINAL.pdf Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Trilogy-SB-128_ltr.pdf http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Trilogy-SB-128_ltr.pdf Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1035&list=publications CLASP and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) have released a turnover calculator, a dynamic new tool that allows employers to calculate how much turnover costs in just 10 questions. Employee turnover costs businesses millions each year, but many employers don't realize exactly how much it's costing their company. Workplace policies that support workers such as paid sick days and paid family leave can help employers reduce turnover and improve their bottom line. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1035&list=publications Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/program_perspectives_vol2_issue2.pdf This issue of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Program Perspectives takes a closer look at paid sick leave benefits, including both the percentage of employees with access to paid sick leave benefits and employer costs for sick leave. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/program_perspectives_vol2_issue2.pdf Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Business-Case-for-Paid-Sick-Days.pdf The New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition created a fact sheet outlining paid sick days can enhance a company's bottom line. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Business-Case-for-Paid-Sick-Days.pdf Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/ASSLAPoster_Final10_7_10.pdf The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services official notice explaining the Accrued Safe and Sick Leave Act of 2008 for employees and employers. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/ASSLAPoster_Final10_7_10.pdf Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Sample-time-off-policies-US-Chamber.rtf Sample company policy statements for holiday and vacation leave. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Sample-time-off-policies-US-Chamber.rtf Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0809&list=publications This audio conference will give you a chance to hear about employers who operate differently and help all employees perform well; you'll also learn what happens when low wage workers are not given that chance. Listen to the audio. Just click below. Additional resources are available. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0809&list=publications Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0826&list=publications A letter of support to members of Congress for the passage the Healthy Families Act from Eric Odier-Fink, a small business owner of Justice Clothing in Bangor, Maine. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0826&list=publications Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=0831&list=publications A client alert from law offices of Paul Hastings explaining that the California Supreme Court has issued a significant ruling on the scope of California's "kin care" law, Labor Code 233, which entitles employees in certain circumstances to use paid sick leave to care for ill family members. The Court held that when an employer's sick leave policy does not provide a measurable, banked number of paid sick days in a calendar year, the kin care law does not apply. McCarther v. Pacific Telesis Group. Paul Hastings represented Pacific Telesis and the other defendants in the case. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0831&list=publications