EOI Updates Ready for 2020 January 10, 2020 / October 9, 2026 by Melanie Mazza With thanks to our community of supporters, I am thrilled to announce that we not only met our end-of-year fundraising goal, we exceeded it! Your outpouring of support brought in more than $39,000. We are ready to enter the 2020 legislative session with the full strength of our community behind us, and make lasting progress […] Read more »
EOI Updates Paid family and medical leave is here! January 2, 2020 / October 26, 2026 by Marilyn Watkins Washington’s Paid Family & Medical Leave program is open for business! You can apply here – and learn how to prepare for future leaves or how to support your employees or coworkers needing leave. Paid leave is available to welcome a new child, care for seriously ill family members, recover from your own serious health […] Read more »
EOI Updates Fewer dogs won’t bring happiness, but this might December 30, 2019 / October 26, 2026 by Marilyn Watkins I need to stop griping about all the people who bring their dogs on public transit. I got particularly grumpy the other day when a woman had her dog sit on the seat next to her while weary commuters stood in the aisle. But the griping and grumpiness doesn’t cause the people or dogs to […] Read more »
EOI Updates Unwrapping paid leave for 2020 December 21, 2019 / October 26, 2026 by Gabriela Quintana When my father was in his last months of his life, I waited until the very last few week to ask my employer for time off to spend time with him and assist my mother with the endless decisions and tasks. Not to mention letting her have some needed rest. I waited to the very […] Read more »
EOI Updates EOI’s priorities for 2020 December 20, 2019 / October 9, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute EOI’s 2020 Legislative Priorities Early Learning and Care: Quality early learning and care allows children to thrive and parents to achieve economic security. Nonetheless, childcare is unaffordable and too hard to find, while teachers receive poverty-level wages. Our kids, parents, and businesses need more state investment. Invest in childcare quality and compensation with $10 million […] Read more »
EOI Updates Who “deserves” our help? December 20, 2019 / October 26, 2026 by Sara Bekele For some, the holiday season is marked by generosity and quality time with loved ones. For others, it’s just one big reminder of grief and financial struggles. Unemployment rates may be low, but our economy creates clear winners and losers. Many people attempt to ease the hardship of others through charitable gifts or volunteering at […] Read more »
EOI Updates Washington launching paid family, medical leave program in 2020 December 12, 2019 / October 9, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Read more »
EOI Updates Washington to let more workers qualify for overtime December 11, 2019 / October 26, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Today, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries has released new overtime regulations. Washington had not updated the regulations since 1976. EOI was among the stakeholders that weighed in with research and analysis, aiding the Department in drafting this update to the regulations, which will gradually increase the overtime threshold to 2.5 times 40 hours […] Read more »
EOI Updates After 40 years, Washington State now lets more workers qualify for overtime December 11, 2019 / October 9, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Read more »
EOI Updates Social Security in our state: Facts and fixes December 9, 2019 / October 9, 2026 by Economic Opportunity Institute Read more »