On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP). While it does not reinstate the requirement that employers provide paid leave, it does extend and expand the tax credits to employers who choose to provide paid leave. The tax credits will cover…
The Part-Time Workers Bill of Rights Act would address the three central hardships facing part-time workers: underemployment for those who are work part time but would like more hours; unpredictable and unstable work schedules; and ineligibility for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave.
This brief details the many ways in which immigrant families have been left behind during the pandemic and provides recommendations on how the federal government can be proactive in meeting the needs of immigrants and their families.
This fact sheet analyzes data from the most recent survey on workers’ and worksites’ experiences with FMLA. The factsheet highlights some of the disparities for the workers who most desperately need leave—strengthening our case that workers need a comprehensive paid leave policy.
CLASP's mental health work advances systems and policy change with an explicit focus on how a person's race and ethnicity affects how they interact with the health system. Without a direct understanding of how mental health and wellbeing are seen by those who are living in poverty, we…
True economic recovery will require building back highquality jobs in all sectors—here is a set of CLASP recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration.
Colorado recently won paid family and medical leave through a historic ballot initiative. The passing of Proposition 118 was possible thanks to the work of grassroots organizers and advocates who were willing to build on lessons learned from the nine states and D.C. that already…
The COVID-19 pandemic and recession have taken this simmering crisis and turned it into an explosive boil, demanding immediate response from the Biden-Harris Administration.