Elizabeth Gedmark, Law Fellow

For Equal Pay Day, A Better Balance interviewed Professor Benard to learn the facts about equal pay and the motherhood penalty. Tags: Untagged Read More

A Better Balance headed to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to attend an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) meeting on pregnancy and caregiver discrimination. We are thrilled that the EEOC held the meeting to raise awareness of this important issue, but now the federal government must take action. Tags: Untagged Read More

On December 15, 2011, the Obama Administration announced proposed regulations to expand workers' rights protections to home care workers.  Minimum wage and overtime protections are basic labor rights that have been in place for almost all wage workers in the United States for decades--home care workers deserve these rights as well.

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NBC’s new comedy show, “Up All Night,” featuring a couple exhaustedly struggling with their new baby, is actually a reminder that in the United States, in many ways, they are very lucky. Tags: Paid Family Leave Read More