Please join Seattle City Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw, Lorena González, and Lisa Herbold for a Paid Family Leave Symposium sponsored by the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Social Work and the Seattle Women’s Commission.
Panel discussions will address:
- Evidence and Importance of Paid Family Leave including the impacts on labor force participation and public health
- Models of Paid Family Leave including Scope, coverage, length and different models of leave in the US
- Implementation and Financing Paid Family Leave including best practices, goals, and concerns.
Special speakers:
- Howard Frumkin, Dean of UW Public Health
- Jennifer Romich, UW School of Social Work faculty
- Marilyn Watkins, Economic Opportunity Institute
- Ellen Love, San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
- Assistant Professor Maya Rossin-Slater, University of California Santa Barbara
Time:
August 11, 2016
7:30am - 12:30pm
Location:
Husky Union Building
University of Washington
RSVP:
Space is limited to 60 people. Please RSVP so we can hold a space for you.
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