Visitors Now:
Total Visits:
Total Stories:
Profile image
By U.S. Federal Government (Reporter)
Contributor profile | More stories
Story Views

Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

WHITE HOUSE VIDEO MESSAGE: Better Workplace Policies For Our Families

Saturday, June 21, 2014 3:26
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.
Get FREE private and secure Email and Messaging click now!

(Before It's News)

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

EMBARGOED UNTIL 6:00 AM ET, SATURDAY, June 21, 2014

WHITE HOUSE VIDEO MESSAGE: Better Workplace Policies For Our Families

WASHINGTON, DC – In this week’s message, White House Director of Personnel Management Katherine Archuleta previewed the first-ever White House Summit on Working Families and discussed the basic needs of families across the country. Family leave, childcare, and fair pay will all uplift working mothers and fathers who deserve better workplace policies.

The audio of the address and video of the message will be available online HERE.

Remarks of Katherine Archuleta, Director of the Office of Personnel Management

Spanish Weekly Address

The White House

Hi, everybody. My name is Katherine Archuleta, and I’m the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

On Monday, the President will host the first-ever White House Summit on Working Families. 

The President will bring together business leaders, and workers who work for them, to talk about the challenges that working parents face every day, and how we can address them together. 

Because in a time when women make up about half of America’s workforce, outdated workplace policies don’t just hold them back – they hold their entire families back. 

Take paid family leave, for example. Today, many jobs don’t offer adequate family leave to care for a new baby or an ailing parent, so women can’t afford to be there when their family needs them the most. The United States is one of only three countries in the world that doesn’t offer paid family leave. Three.  It’s time to change that. 

Childcare is another challenge. Most working families can’t afford thousands of dollars a year for childcare. That leaves moms and dads scrambling just to make sure their kids are safe while they’re at work. 

Lots of fathers would also love to be home for their new baby’s first weeks in the world. 

Then there’s the issue of fair pay. On average, women are still earning just 77 cents for every dollar that a man does. At a time when more women are their household’s main breadwinner than ever before, that pay gap has real consequences for families.

These are not privileges. These are all basic needs. The good news is, more businesses are embracing family-friendly policies, because they know it’s the key to attracting and retaining talented employees.

Our economy grows best from the middle-out, when everybody participates; and has a fair shot. That’s the America I believe in. That’s the America the President will keep fighting for every day. Thanks, and have a great weekend.

#

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/21/white-house-video-message-better-workplace-policies-our-families



Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/21/white-house-video-message-better-workplace-policies-our-families

Report abuse

Comments

Your Comments
Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

Top Stories
Recent Stories

Register

Newsletter

Email this story
Email this story
Share This Story:
Print this story
Email this story
GET ALERTS:

If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.