Channel: Quartz

Category: News & Politics

Description: Watch our interview with John J. (Jamie) Kalamarides, President of Prudential Financial Group Insurance. Quartz CEO Zach Seward asks Jamie about the state of employee paid leave in the US, the systemic racial wealth gap, and the necessary combination of federal solutions, state policy initiatives, and private employer support to ease employee financial stress. To learn more about how paid leave can help build broader financial resilience, read Quartz’s article on the case for giving paid leave to all employees for any reason: qz.com/work/1662928/the-case-for-giving-paid-leave-to-all-employees-for-any-reason -- Become a member of Quartz, your exclusive guide to the global economy: bit.ly/2E7e7jB WATCH OUR EXCLUSIVE SERIES; Because China qz.com/se/because-china/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video-membership&utm_campaign=AllYTComments Quartz is a digital news outlet dedicated to telling stories at the intersection of the important and the interesting. Visit us at qz.com to read more.