Paid Family and Medical Leave 
Impact and Implementation
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is bringing together policymakers, researchers, business leaders and advocates in New England for a half-day symposium on paid family and medical leave. Join us to hear leading national experts discuss the need for paid family and medical leave, the impact of these policies on our economy, and lessons from states that have already passed and implemented paid family and medical leave.
Agenda
Check-in and continental breakfast
Welcome
Sol Carbonell
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Panel: The Economic Impacts of PFML on Business and the Labor Force
Moderator:
Jeff Fuhrer
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Speakers:
Jane Waldfogel
Columbia School of Social Work
Aparna Mathur
American Enterprise Institute
Elisabeth Jacobs
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Panel: The Impact of PFML on Children, People with Disabilities, Elders and their Caregivers
Moderator:
Prabal Chakrabarti
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Speakers:
Kali Grant
Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
Lynn Friss Feinberg
AARP Policy Institute
Dean Jody Heymann
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, WORLD Policy Analysis Center
Lunch
Panel: Implementation: Lessons from States that have Passed PFML
Moderator:
Randy Albelda
University of Massachusetts Boston
Speakers:
Sarah Jane Glynn
National Academy of Social Insurance
Christine Madrid
NJ Temporary Disability Insurance program
Matthew Buelow
WA State Employment Security Department
Closing
Anna Steiger
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Site Topics
Related Content
New England Study Group Past Meetings
"The Long-term Effects of California’s 2004 Paid Family Leave Act on Women’s Careers"
Pandemic response reveals potential for more equitable paid sick leave coverage in the Northeast
Good if you can get it: Benefits and inequalities in the expansion of paid sick leave during COVID-19