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The economic impact of undocumented workers is significant, as they fill jobs that domestic workers often avoid.

Undocumented workers in the U.S. are the most flexible, profitable workforce in history. They take jobs domestic workers don't want, work hard, and don't rely on unemployment insurance or Social Security when jobs dry up.

In European countries, the bigger factor for getting women to work is having the right to part-time jobs. The U.S. is missing a lot of part-time workers.

Universal access to paid sick leave could make a huge difference. In certain cities, they've found as much as a $3,000 a year difference in earnings for women without a college degree who have a child when she has access to sick leave.

A government shutdown is looming, with nearly a million people potentially not going to work and not getting paid until it ends.

Basic labor regulations like paid family and medical leave, the right to work part-time, or flexible work arrangements could absolutely be part of our labor law. It's labor law in a lot of countries that would be considered our peers.