San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 2009 by Ann M. O’Leary
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/04/EDK215MH1U.DTL&type=printable
“Obama’s first bill signals the administration’s commitment to workplace equity. But in order to make serious progress on women’s equity and close the wage gap, Obama should urge Congress to act swiftly to expand job-protected family leave, ensure that workers have access to paid sick days, and provide incentives to states to follow California’s lead and adopt paid family leave (but make it even better than California’s law by ensuring that workers’ jobs are protected if they take the leave).”