At CLASP, we’ve long known that when paid leave goes away, people experiencing health crises return to work before they’re ready, delay treatment, or leave the workforce entirely.
This updated resource is more essential than ever, as children disappear from classrooms and early education programs and all families, especially immigrant families, too often encounter mountains of red tape just to access important benefits like child care.
NEW YORK, NY, - JULY 06: A UPS driver keeps a towel on his head while driving along Broadway during warm weather on July 6, 2012 in New york City. Forecasts for tomorrow are predicting temperatures near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) and may feel as hot as 106 because of humidity, according to the National weather Service. Much of the midwest of the United States has been experiencing a severe heat wave which has devastated crops and kept people indoors. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Extreme heat is rapidly becoming one of the most dangerous workplace hazards in the United States, yet millions of workers still lack even the most basic heat protections. Across agriculture, construction, warehousing, manufacturing, sanitation, food delivery, landscaping, and food service, workers continue laboring through dangerous…
The young mother holds her daughter on her hip as she grocery shops for items she needs.
U.S. intervention in foreign countries can have long-lasting and irrevocable consequences, both here and abroad. Since the Trump Administration launched military strikes in Iran on February 28, the human and economic toll has been high.
The Trump Administration is consciously creating a K-shaped war economy where wealthy benefactors profit off the suffering of the lower and middle classes. This is all to support the president’s impulsive bombing of other nations, and the Trump Administration has even resorted to mocking the American…
Close up of manual worker assisting his colleague with physical injury in a warehouse.
May Day has always been grounded in a simple demand: workers should be able to go to work and return home safely. That demand carries particular weight this year. The scale of harm workers face remains high, and the conditions shaping that harm are shifting…
Multiracial family sitting at table and dining take out food together at home.
Families throughout the nation are facing a worsening affordability crisis. Tax credits, like the Child Tax Credit (CTC), can provide a temporary cash influx during tax season to help families pay off high-interest debt, afford bigger expenses like a car repair, or bolster their savings…
Virginia Beach Town Center skyline. Virginia Beach Town Center is in the central business district of Virginia Beach and functions as it’s downtown. Virginia Beach is part of the Hampton Roads area.
Virginia’s new paid family and medical leave program is a historic first for the South, but successful implementation will require rulemaking, staffing, outreach, and infrastructure.
