A Better Balance

This Father’s Day, Join Us in Celebrating & Supporting Male Caregivers

June 8, 2018
Paid Family Leave

Join us as we continue pushing for policies that ensure no father, husband, partner, brother, or dear friend, has to choose between caring for a loved one and earning a paycheck.

From Wall St. to Walmart: Pregnancy discrimination happens every day, in every industry

June 15, 2018
Featured, Pregnant Workers Fairness

ABB clients Otisha Woolbright and Candis Riggins are featured in The New York Times.

BREAKING: Walmart Enacts a New Policy for Pregnant Workers: What You Need to Know to Stop Pregnancy Discrimination

June 15, 2018
Pregnant Workers Fairness

Working at Walmart while pregnant? Recovering from childbirth? Temporarily need to stop lifting heavy boxes, need more water breaks, or other assistance? With Walmart’s new policy, you don’t have to choose between your paycheck and your health.

Press Release: After Years of Legal Pressure, Walmart Updates Policy for Pregnant Employees

June 15, 2018
Pregnant Workers Fairness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 15, 2018 Contact: Lorraine Kenny, A Better Balance, 212-430-5982 x165, lkenny@abetterbalance.org Maria Patrick, NWLC, 202-588-5180, mpatrick@nwlc.org Aurora Matthews, New Heights Communications, 301-221-7984, aurora@newheightscommunications.com Andrea Dehlendorf, 510-410-6347, andrea@united4respect.org…

FMLA 25: States are Expanding the meaning of Family

June 12, 2018
LGBTQ, Paid Family Leave

The way our laws define family sends a signal about who our country sees and values. But these choices are more than symbols—they have powerful practical consequences for real people’s ability to care for those they love.

FMLA 25: States are Providing Paid Leave

June 7, 2018
Paid Family Leave

Workers deserve meaningful access to family and medical leave—and that means being able to afford to take it. A growing number of states have shown that paid leave laws can work. We can and must do the same at the national level.

Recognizing All Families: Innovative Work from New Mexico and Georgia

June 5, 2018
LGBTQ

This report, Recognizing All Families to Expand Our Movements: Insights from the Family Justice Network, shows that change is possible when people organize around the widely-shared value of family.

Supreme Court Issues Limited Ruling in Colorado Wedding Cake Case, Does Not Find a Broad License to Discriminate

June 4, 2018
LGBTQ, State Laws

Despite the narrow decision, this case serves as a keen reminder that we must be vigilant as opponents of LGBTQ equality seek to use religion to discriminate and roll back the rights of LGBTQ people and families.

Momentum in the Midwest: Paid Sick and Safe Time Advances in Minnesota & Michigan

June 1, 2018
City Laws, Paid Sick Time

Duluth’s paid sick time law will take effect on January 1, 2020. It is the 10th paid sick time law in the U.S. that allows workers to use earned sick time to care for chosen and extended family members, including loved ones who are the equivalent of family even without a biological or legal relationship.

If We Really Want to Celebrate Motherhood, Let’s Pay Moms Equally

May 30, 2018
Workplace Equality

Today is Moms’ Equal Pay Day. On average, mothers who work full-time, year-round, only earn 71 cents for every dollar fathers earn. To bring this into focus, in a role where a man is making $40,000 per year for a full-time job, the average mother would only make $28,400, or $11,600 less for that same role.