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January 10, 2021 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Millions left without paid sick leave after Congress let pandemic benefit expire

Tanya Goldman was quoted about the impact of workers having lost the right to paid sick and family leave at the end of December after Congress failed to extend them in the new relief package.

January 1, 2021 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Congress lets paid sick, family and medical leave mandate expire

Tanya Goldman was interviewed on Marketplace to discuss the expiration of federal COVID-related paid leave provisions.

November 2, 2020 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Punching In: Election Key to Future of DOL Enforcement Strategy

“We’ve been asking Wage-and-Hour to stand up a hotline for workers who want to access rights to paid sick days for six months,” said Tanya Goldman, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy and a former WHD official in the…

October 21, 2020 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Coronavirus relief act promised two weeks of paid leave for COVID-19. Here’s the reality.

Tanya Goldman was quoted in this article about the need for a national paid leave law or paid sick days law.

August 3, 2020 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Sickened by COVID-19, low-wage workers lose jobs. Others are denied paid leave.

"Workers with low wages are most in need of paid leave," said Tanya Goldman, a former Labor Department policy adviser who's now an attorney at the nonprofit Center for Law and Social Policy.

August 3, 2020 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Judge Expands Virus Paid Leave Rule in Blow to Trump Agency (2)

Tanya Goldman was quoted about expansion of paid leave rule: "This is a significant victory for working people."

July 30, 2020 | Blog Post | Tanya L. Goldman

Protecting Workers through Publicity during the Pandemic

CLASP and the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program created a toolkit describing how to use media coverage and public disclosure to improve policy outcomes.

June 23, 2020 | Blog Post | Tanya L. Goldman

LGBTQ+ Victory takes Next Steps toward Civil Rights and Racial Justice

The Civil Rights Act enshrined principles of human dignity and equality in federal law, ending segregation in public places and banning employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin—but much remains unfulfilled.

May 29, 2020 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

Crisis Conversations — Live From Better Life Lab (Session X)

Tanya Goldman participated in a virtual conversation with other experts on paid family leave. 

April 30, 2020 | News Clip | Tanya L. Goldman

White House, Congress have not given any hazard pay to the medical workers they call heroes

"The Labor Department got to define what constitutes a 'health-care provider,' and the definition is so broad it can include janitors working at a hospital for third-party companies, said Tanya L. Goldman, an attorney at the Center for Law and Social Policy."

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