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July 16, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Parker Gilkesson

CLASP Responds to Identifying Barriers in USDA Programs and Services; Advancing Racial Justice and Equity and Support for Underserved Communities at USDA, Docket No. USDA-2021-0006

By Parker Gilkesson

July 7, 2021 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Responds to Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through Government, OMB Doc. No. 2021-09109

By CLASP, the Community Partnership Group (CPG), and New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) Changemakers 

May 5, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Matthews

CLASP Testimony ‘In Their Own Words: Paid Leave, Child Care and an Economy that Failed Women’

CLASP's testimony in response to the Ways and Means Committee's hearing on April 21, 2021 on Paid Leave and Child Care.

May 5, 2021 | Testimony/Comments

Letter to Congress to include an equity-centered national subsidized employment program in the American Jobs Act

CLASP joined Heartland Alliance, the National Youth Employment Coalition and nearly 100 national and local organizations calling on Congress to include an equity-centered national subsidized employment program as a part of the forthcoming recovery package as recommended by President Biden in his American Jobs Plan. 

October 27, 2020 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Comments on Independent Contractors’ Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

The Center for Law and Social Policy submitted comments to the Department of Labor’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding the standard for determining who is a covered employee and who is an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

September 15, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Tanya L. Goldman

CLASP Comments on the Effectiveness of Current State- and Employer-Provided Paid Leave Programs

CLASP submitted these cooments to on September 14, 2020, to the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor providing evidence on how the lack of access to paid leave hurts families and proves the effectiveness of current state- and employer-provided paid Leave programs.

April 14, 2020 | Testimony/Comments

Letter to DOL to Hold it Accountable for Providing Workers Access to Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave

CLASP worked with our partners to send the U.S.

March 11, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Tanya L. Goldman

Testimony on Importance of Healthy Families Act in Light of COVID-19

Tanya Goldman testified to a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee explaining the necessity, the economic benefits, and the broad support in the states for paid sick days and The Healthy Families Act--particularly in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

January 28, 2020 | Testimony/Comments

Hearing on Legislative Proposals for Paid Family and Medical Leave

On January 28, 2020, CLASP submitted a statement for the record to the subcommittee of the U.S.

May 28, 2019 | Testimony/Comments | Tanya L. Goldman

NYC Council Testimony to Committee on Civil Service and Labor

CLASP provided testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor regarding the proposed amendment to allow employees to receive up to eighty hours of personal time in a calendar year. 

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