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September 15, 2021 | Report/Brief | Hannah Matthews

Census Data Demonstrate Success of Federal Investments to Address Poverty

The Census Bureau annual release on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage shows that government investments in 2020 successfully reduced poverty.

July 30, 2021 | Report/Brief

Executive Summary: Paid Family and Medical Leave and Employer Private Plans

This paper looks at the use of private plan options in the context of state-administered paid family and medical leave programs, describing how states approve and monitor private programs and how the interaction between public and private affect workers’ equitable access to benefits and employer…

July 30, 2021 | Report/Brief

Paid Family and Medical Leave and Employer Private Plans

This paper looks at the use of private plan options in the context of state-administered paid family and medical leave programs, describing how states approve and monitor private programs and how the interaction between public and private affect workers’ equitable access to benefits and employer…

June 14, 2021 | Report/Brief

Equity Matters: Lessons for Paid Family and Medical Leave

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Family Values at Work (FV@W), and others hosted government and community partners from states with PFML programs gathered in Tacoma, Washington for “Paid Leave Collaboration and Connections: A Convening for States Leading the Way,” in October 2019.…

November 1, 2020 | Report/Brief | Pronita Gupta

Recommendations for Providing Long-Overdue Paid Leave to All Workers and Their Families

Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration for why paid leave is both urgent and fundamental to building a strong economy. 

October 19, 2020 | Report/Brief | Adewale Maye

In Their Own Voices: How Workers Earning Low Wages Struggle with COVID-19

Over the past several months, CLASP has been collecting stories from workers nationwide to amplify and assess the needs of workers during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. This brief reports on some initial findings of workers’ challenges in balancing work and caring for themselves or loved ones when…

September 26, 2019 | Report/Brief | Pronita Gupta

Low Job Quality Leaves Workers and Our Economy More Vulnerable to the Next Recession

The Great Recession demonstrated that poor-quality jobs worsen poverty for low-wage workers, especially workers of color. This brief examines the impact of the last recession.

September 13, 2019 | Report/Brief

Messaging Paid Family and Medical Leave to Businesses: A Washington Case Study — Values-Based Messaging Works with Employers

This brief describes innovations in business engagement for Paid Family and Medical Leave programs

June 16, 2017 | Report/Brief

Doubling Down: How Work Requirements in Public Benefit Programs Hurt Low-Wage Workers

Recently renewed efforts to impose work requirements as a condition of receipt for public benefits programs reflect a profound misunderstanding of the realities of low-wage jobs.

June 10, 2017 | Report/Brief

Paid Leave Necessary for an Ounce of Prevention: Paid Leave and Access to Preventive Health Care

To maximize the benefits of expanded access to preventive health care, workers need paid family and sick leave, including paid sick days. Because many workplaces do not provide such leaves, millions of Americans cannot benefit from comprehensive health care reform designed to guarantee access to…

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