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2018

Pregnancy Discrimination Is Rampant Inside America’s Biggest Companies, The New York Times, 6/15/2018
How to Navigate Your Pregnancy at Work, Momtastic, 6/7/2018
New law will help pregnant women on the job, The Post and Courier, 6/3/2018
Letter to the Editor: Fighting Bias Against Mothers in the Workplace, The New York Times, 5/27/2018
French Open double fault is not respecting Serena Williams as an athlete or a mother, Newsday, 5/24/2018
Eight women allege sexual harassment at XPO Logistics warehouse in Memphis, The Guardian, 5/23/2018
Raising expectations, reducing funding: De Blasio’s Human Rights Commission problem, NY Daily News, 5/22/2018
South Carolina Legislators Take on Pregnancy Discrimination (Yes, It’s Still a Thing), Rewire, 5/16/2018
Galef to Host Forum on Sexual Harassment, The Highlands Current, 5/13/2018
How To Job Hunt — & Combat Bias — While Pregnant, Refinery 29, 5/11/2018
Study Shows How Recent Preemption Bills Undermine Democracy and Threaten LGBT Equality, The Seattle Lesbian, 5/10/2018
What Every Working Mom Should Know About Maternity Leave, Momtastic, 5/10/2018
In Pursuit of: Advocating For Your Parental Leave, Birchbox.com, 5/9/2018
Weathersbee: Women at XPO Logistics are finding their place in the #metoo and #timesup moment, Commercial Appeal, 5/6/2018
Women Describe Rampant Groping, Sexual Harassment At Verizon-Contracted Warehouse, The Huffington Post, 5/2/2018
Toiling Over a “Puddle of Blood”: Why These Warehouse Workers Are Standing Up to Abuses, In These Times, 4/23/2018
Getting Pregnant, Getting Fired: Job Discrimination Cases Filed by Women Persist, Oklahoma Watch, 4/18/2018
How Medical Professionals Discriminate Against Single People, Health Line, 4/16/2018
Women’s rights advocates hail passage of anti-harassment bills, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4/13/2018
Everything That Needs to Change for Women to Finally Get Equal Pay, Cosmopolitan, 4/10/2018
Employers Face More State and Local Paid Family Leave Laws, Think Advisor, 4/7/2018
Walmart Can’t Shake Pregnant Workers’ Nationwide Bias Claims, Bloomberg News, 3/30/2018
Pregnancy discrimination suit against Walmart can proceed in Illinois, local judge rules, Belleville News-Democrat, 3/30/2018
Nonprofit Seeks to Put Paid Sick Leave on Ballot, The Rivard Report, 3/26/2018
Millennials Struggling to Care for Aging Baby Boomer Parents Call for Better Paid, Time, 3/19/2018
Growing Push For Paid Leave For ‘Chosen Family’, AP News, 3/9/2018
City Council vows to fight workplace sexual harassment, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 3/1/2018
Millennials Deserve Real Paid Leave and a Secure Retirement, Feministing, 2/22/2018
Are You Eligible for Paid Family Leave Without Knowing It?, Consumer Reports, 2/21/2018
Millennials Deserve Real Paid Leave and a Secure Retirement, Medium, 2/16/2018
Calls for paid family leave are getting louder, CNN, 2/13/2018
Pregnant workers rights bill clears Senate panel, WDRB.com, 2/8/2018
Pregnant Workers’ Rights Bill Advances In State Legislature, 89.3 WFPL, 2/8/2018
Pregnant Workers Rights Act moves forward in Frankfort, WLKY.com, 2/8/2018
Senate bill addresses pregnant workers’ rights, The Ohio County Monitor, 2/8/2018
Bill Proposing Job Protections for Pregnant Workers Advances, US News, 2/8/2018
Bill proposing job protections for pregnant workers advances, The Journal Gazette, 2/8/2018
Bill looks to give pregnant workers more protections, WKYT.com, 2/8/2018
A Guide to New York’s Family and Medical Leave, The Brian Lehrer Show, 2/8/2018
Florence police officer fights for pregnant workers rights, WKRC Cincinnati, 2/2/2018
Fired for being pregnant: Another kind of discrimination women face at work, CNN, 2/1/2018
These cops had to stay on patrol while pregnant. Now they want to change the law., Lexington Herald Leader, 1/26/2018
New York’s Paid Family Leave Is Finally Here, Brides, 1/26/2018
Restaurant Workers & Allies Rally Against Restaurant Association For One Fair Wage, The Indian Panorama, 1/25/2018
How does American parental leave stack up?, The Business Journals, 1/25/2018
Pregnant Or Planning To Be? Read This If You Live In New York, Forbes, 1/18/2018
What You Need To Know About New York’s New Paid Leave Law, Forbes, 1/17/2018
Why Some Are Taking Walmart’s New Benefit Policies With a Grain of Salt, The Street, 1/11/2018
Here’s What You Should Know About New York’s New Paid Family Leave Program, Refinery 29, 1/3/2018
8 next steps to take if you’ve been sexually harassed at work, Dayton Daily News, 1/2/2018
Four Crucial Things You Should Know About New York’s New Paid Family Leave Program, Slate, 1/1/2018

2017

New York Employers Gearing Up for Paid Family Leave Law, Bloomberg Law, 12/22/2017
Governor Cuomo Announces Launch Of Nation’s Most Comprehensive Paid Family Leave Policy, Long Island.com, 12/18/2017
Leveling the Playing Field in New York, The Huffington Post, 12/16/2017
Griffin woman files complaint against Walmart for anti-pregnancy bias, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/7/2017
Wal-Mart faces another pregnancy bias claim at EEOC, Reuters, 12/6/2017
Paid family leave: Watch our Town Hall Meeting here on abc7NY now!, Eyewitness News ABC 7, 11/28/2017
The Women of Walmart (and Modcloth), Stuff Mom Never Told You, 11/24/2017
Wage Win, Questions on salary history banned, Manhattan Times, 11/17/2017
Contractors seek to ease state payroll edict, Press Republican, 11/11/2017
Harlem’s Mark-Viverito, Mayor Bill de Blasio And Others Expand Paid Leave To Domestic Violence Survivors, Harlem World, 11/6/2017
New York Pay-Disclosure Order Faces Pushback From Business, The Wall Street Journal, 11/5/2017
What To Do If You’re Harassed At Work — And HR Isn’t Helping, Cosmopolitan, 11/2/2017
You Might Not Realize That This Interview Question Is Actually Discriminatory, Refinery 29, 11/1/2017
EXCLUSIVE: Center for American Progress Calls for Paid Leave Policies That Cover Chosen Family, Auto Straddle, 10/30/2017
New York set to institute most aggressive paid family leave act in the nation, CNBC, 10/27/2017
Marblehead’s Ehrlich chimes in on ballot questions aimed at workers, Wicked Local, 10/19/2017
Cities Have a Good Idea? Not Unless the State Says So., NBC News, 10/1/2017
Walmart Spurns Claims Of Discriminatory Pregnancy Policy, Law 360, 8/1/2017
A Better Balance Files Four New Charges Of Disability Discrimination Against Walmart Following “Pointing Out” Report, The Street, 7/25/2017
What you need to know about NY’s Paid Family Leave benefits, The Daily Gazette, 7/24/2017
Nashville adopts paid family leave for Metro workers, Nashville Post, 7/13/2017
Nashville to offer paid parental leave to Metro employees, The Tennessean, 7/13/2017
Walmart’s Sick Scheduling Policies, The Nation, 7/13/2017
Belabored Podcast #130: Retail Warriors, Dissent, 7/2/2017
EPISODE 34: YOUR IPHONE WAS MADE BY A CHILD SLAVE…AND WAL-MART BREAKS THE LAW AGAIN, Working Life Podcast, 6/14/2017
Cities, States Deliver Paid Leave so Survivors Can ‘Get Safe’, Rewire, 6/13/2017
Walmart’s Sick Leave Policy Is Terrible, Especially For Women, The Huffington Post, 6/12/2017
HOW A BETTER BALANCE FIGHTS WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LATINOS, HIP Give, 6/7/2017
CÓMO ABB (A BETTER BALANCE) LUCHA EN CONTRA DE LA DISCRIMINACIÓN HACIA LOS LATINOS, HIP Give, 6/7/2017
Pointing Out: How Walmart Unlawfully Punishes Workers For Medical Absences, The Huffington Post, 6/7/2017
What Walmart’s Doing To Its Employees Highlights the Problem with ‘Time Off’ in the US, Attn:, 6/6/2017
Walmart employees accuse company of penalizing them for taking sick days, HRDive, 6/5/2017
Walmart Accused of Punishing Workers For Sick Days, Pregnancy, Delish, 6/3/2017
Walmart uses ‘brutally unfair’ system to punish employees for illnesses ‒ report, RT news, 6/3/2017
Hundreds of Walmart Employees Say They’ve Been Punished for Taking Sick Days, Vice, 6/2/2017
Walmart Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days, Miscarriages, and Pregnancy, Jezebel, 6/2/2017
Walmart accused of denying doctors’ notes, punishing employees for sick days, New York Daily News, 6/2/2017
‘I just don’t call out sick anymore at all’: New report says Walmart punishes employees for taking sick days, Business Insider, 6/2/2017
SPEAKING OF WALMART, Politico, 6/2/2017
Walmart is accused of punishing workers for sick days, CNBC, 6/2/2017
New report accuses Walmart of violating laws in punishing absences, Arkansas Times, 6/2/2017
How Walmart’s Strict Attendance Policy Hurts Women Workers, The Cut, 6/2/2017
Wal-Mart accused of punishing workers for sick days, Springfield Business Journal, 6/2/2017
Walmart oskarżony o gnębienie pracowników za chorobowe, PulsHR.pl, 6/2/2017
Walmart estaría castigando a sus trabajadores por ausencias médicas, Mundo Hispanico, 6/2/2017
Walmart Sick Days Practices Violate Federal Law, Report Says, Newsmax, 6/2/2017
Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days, The New York Times, 6/1/2017
Workers say Walmart is still punishing pregnant employees, Think Progress, 5/18/2017
Lawsuit: Walmart Discriminated Against Pregnant Workers, Rewire, 5/15/2017
Keeping salary history off job applications could help workers earn more, Am New York, 5/8/2017
What Walmart and the Trumps Get Wrong About #WomenWhoWork, Medium, 5/2/2017
Legislation aims to close the wage gap, The Legislative Gazette, 5/2/2017
NY may ban salary history questions for job applicants to tackle gender wage gap, Syracuse.com, 5/2/2017
Don’t Ask, Get Paid, Capital Tonight, 5/2/2017
NY may ban salary history for applicants, The Journal News, 5/1/2017
Can corporate feminism help all working women?, The Christian Science Monitor, 4/25/2017
How Some Companies Are Making Child Care Less Stressful for Their Employees, The Harvard Business Review, 4/17/2017
Senator Carrlucci & Assemblywoman Galef Announce Legislation to End Pay Gap: Ban the Salary History Question, Rockland County Times, 4/6/2017
Earned sick days legislation overwhelmingly popular with the public, RI Future.org, 3/31/2017
Earned Sick Day Bill Introduced to Westchester County Legislature, The Examiner News, 3/30/2017
New working mom: Online fundraiser to help mall kids, Democrat & Chronicle, 3/29/2017
Governor Cuomo Announces Regulations to Implement New York’s Nation-Leading Paid Family Leave Program, LongIsland.com, 2/24/2017
New York Ramping Up for 2018 Paid Family Leave Start, Bloomberg BNA, 2/23/2017
The Other Side of Reproductive Justice: An Interview with Sherry Leiwant, Blog: Jewess With Attitude, 2/13/2017
Is There A Law Protecting Pregnant Workers From Discrimination?, Romper, 2/10/2017
Put Families First: Federal Paid Leave Program is a Win-Win, The Huffington Post, 2/9/2017
What a pumping room should look like for nursing mothers, and why, Chicago Tribune, 1/26/2017
Closing New York’s Gender and Racial Wage Gap, The Huffington Post, 1/25/2017
What a pumping room at work should look like for nursing mothers, and why, The Washington Post, 1/24/2017

2016

Kroger Faces Potential Class-Action for Discriminating Against Pregnant Women, Rewire, 12/15/2016
Fighting for Women: Workplace Rights, Paid Leave and Pay Gap, Jackson Free Press, 12/14/2016
#52Women52Weeks: Phoebe Taubman fights for job protection to those who need time off to take care for their family, Zuckerberg Media, 11/17/2016
Grocery Store Accused Of Pregnancy Discrimination, News Channel 5 Network, 11/16/2016
Woman files pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against Kroger, WSMV Channel 4 Nashville, 11/16/2016
Kroger targeted in pregnancy discrimination class-action lawsuit, Cincinnati Business Courier, 11/16/2016
Kroger sued by Nashville woman for pregnancy discrimination in class action suit, The Tennessean, 11/15/2016
The Justice System Continues to Defend Pregnant Workers’ Rights, Slate, 11/14/2016
These innovative states want to protect domestic violence survivors using paid “safe days”, Quartz, 11/7/2016
NYC Just Took a Big Step Toward Closing the Gender Pay Gap, Pop Sugar, 11/4/2016
These Police Officers Fought to Make the Job Pregnancy-Friendly – And Won, Fit Pregnancy, 11/3/2016
Pregnancy was excruciating for these police officers. Now they’ve won the right to work in comfort., Think Progress, 11/1/2016
Florence settles pregnancy discrimination case with 2 cops, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/27/2016
2 Kentucky Police Officers Win Pregnancy Discrimination Case, The New York Times, 10/26/2016
Chobani’s latest deal for workers: Fully paid parental leave, Syracuse Post Standard, 10/5/2016
Happy Grandparent’s Day- A Call for Paid Family Leave for our Children and Grandchildren, The Huffington Post, 9/8/2016
New York City Passed Paid Sick Leave, and Guess What? It Didn’t Kill Any Jobs, Slate, 9/7/2016
The Hidden Impact Of Domestic Violence On The Gender Wage Gap, Fast Company, 8/30/2016
First Tennessee extends paid parental leave as retention measure, The Tennessean, 8/3/2016
Fairness for pregnant workers has added impact of preventing litigation, The Boston Globe, 7/22/2016
The Top 5 Things Dads Should Know About Their Rights In The Workplace, The Huffington Post, 7/14/2016
Embracing a More Realistic and Inclusive Definition of Family, The Huffington Post, 7/6/2016
Why some Nashville firms are bumping up maternity leave, The Tennessean, 7/1/2016
Paid sick leave proposal passes City Council committee, Chicago Tribune, 6/16/2016
Crowdfunding Maternity Leave: U.S. Couple Start Campaign In Lieu Of Baby Shower, The Huffington Post, 5/26/2016
Walmart Promised To Stop Punishing Pregnant Workers. So Why Did These Pregnant Workers Get Fired?, Think Progress, 5/25/2016
Poll shows strong support for paid family leave programs, The AP, 5/20/2016
Major Airline Accused Of Discriminating Against Breastfeeding Pilots, The Huffington Post, 5/12/2016
Breastfeeding pilots’ claims against airline seen as advance, The AP, 5/11/2016
How Paid family Leave Could Become A Reality In The US, CNN Money, 5/1/2016
Tennesseans deserve paid family leave, The Tennessean, 5/1/2016
Breastfeeding Pilots’ Claim Against Airline Seen as Advance, ABC News, 5/1/2016
New Poll Shows Strong Support for Paid Family Leave Programs, The New York Times, 5/1/2016
New York Just Created a Revolutionary New Family-Leave Policy, New York Magazine, 4/1/2016
Paid Maternity Leave is Becoming an OFFICIAL Thing in This East Coast State, Women's Health, 4/1/2016
New York’s pioneering paid leave polcy: What you need to know, Metro, 4/1/2016
New York Introduces The Best Paid Family Leave Yet, Voactive, 4/1/2016
Paid family leave gets major boost in San Francisco, New York state, CNN, 4/1/2016
At Work, Fighting for a Broad Definition of Family, Advocate, 4/1/2016
A “damning” disparity, Manhattan Times, 4/1/2016
New York’s Paid Family Leave Law Protects Women’s Health, Our Bodies Our Selves, 4/1/2016
Paid Leave and a Different Kind of American Exceptionalism, New America Weekly, 4/1/2016
Advocates rally for paid family leave, lawmakers divided, WRGB Albany, 3/1/2016
Advocates urge state to pass paid family leave law, NYSNYS News, 3/1/2016
The Myth of Equality in the U.S. Workplace, Huffington Post, 2/1/2016
Leading on Leave in the Empire State, U.S. News and World Report, 2/1/2016
Too many Americans letting vacation days go to waste, Chicago Tribune, 2/1/2016
New York Governor Calls For Paid Family leave With Moving Story About Caring For His Late Father, Think Progress, 1/1/2016
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Makes Emotional Plea For Paid Family Leave, Huffington Post, 1/1/2016
Debate churns over paid sick time, Southwest Journal, 1/1/2016

2015

What Does Parental Leave Look Like in NYC’s Silicon Alley, City Limits, 12/1/2015
Bakst,’97: Advocating For Work/Family Balance, Michigan Law Quadrangle, 11/1/2015
Pregnant and Jobless: Pregnant Women Still Choose Between Paycheck and a Healthy Pregnancy, Ms. Magazine, 11/1/2015
Aging commission returns paid leave research funds, The Tennessean, 11/1/2015
The problem with parental leave in the US and how other policies compare, Today, 11/1/2015
Should you get paid sick days for mental health?, Hopes and Fears, 10/1/2015
How To Negotiate Your Maternity Leave At A Small Company, Elle, 10/1/2015
Sneezy Does It, Workforce, 10/1/2015
Cuomo signs Women’s Equality Act bills, TimesUnion, 10/1/2015
How Hard Should You Push For Paternity Leave, GQ, 10/1/2015
Gov. Cuomo Signs Women’s Equality Bills Into Law, Feminist Majority Blog, 10/1/2015
Is Marissa 05/er’s short maternity leave typical? See how U.S. policies compare, Today, 9/1/2015
White-Collar Women Don’t Speak Up About Pregnancy Discrimination. Here’s Why., The Huffington Post, 9/1/2015
Families and Flexibility: New Yorkers Need a 21st Century Workplace, 1 Million for Work Flexibility, 9/1/2015
Paid family leave research gains funding, The Tennessean, 9/1/2015
New York 05/ Soon Catch Up in Providing Paid Family Leave, Public News Service, 8/1/2015
Attorney General gets retailers to back off last-minute worker scheduling, Times Union, 8/1/2015
Pittsburgh City Council proposal would force city businesses to provide paid sick days, Pittsburgh City Paper, 7/1/2015
8 things pregnant women should know about the workplace, Motherly, 7/1/2015
Op-ed: Dear Wal-mart, Do the Right Thing- Give Married Workers Equal Benefits, The Advocate, 7/1/2015
Democrats Sick Leave Win Includes Vulnerable Farm and Domestic Workers, The Lund Report, 6/1/2015
Legislature passes new protections for breastfeeding, Capital New York, 6/1/2015
Albany expands rights for breastfeeding mothers, The Journal News, 6/1/2015
Top 6 Things Fathers Should Know About Their Workplace Rights, The Huffington Post, 6/1/2015
4 Parenting Laws That Could Change Your Life – If They Pass, What To Expect, 6/1/2015
Why the US is behind when it comes to paid parental leave, Inside Story on Al Jazeera America, 6/1/2015
US Is Only Industrialized Nation Without Paid Maternity Leave, ABC News, 5/1/2015
For Women In This State Getting Pregnant Will No Longer Mean Losing A Job, Think Progress, 5/1/2015
Equal Pay for Women, Phoebe Taubman on BK Live, 5/1/2015
To get around Congress, Obama turns to city halls, USA Today, 5/1/2015
Woman Becomes Homeless After Employer Allegedly Fired Her Over Her Pregnancy, Think Progress, 3/1/2015
Fairport woman: I was fired for being pregnant, Democrat & Chronicle, 3/1/2015
Women to Cuomo: New York is ‘quite hungry for paid family leave’, Times Union, 3/1/2015
As New York edges closer to paid family leave, a look at who would pay, Syracuse.com, 3/1/2015
Only three US states have paid family leave policies- will New York be next?, The Guardian, 3/1/2015
Peggy Young’s Victory Is Not Enough, U.S. News & World Report, 3/1/2015
Labor Pains (Genius version), New Republic, 2/1/2015
Lyndi Trischler: Florence cop denied light duty during pregnancy fights for law for pregnant workers, WCPO Cincinnati, 2/1/2015
Savers Retail Chain Accused of Pregnancy Discrimination, RH Reality Check, 2/1/2015
15 Feminist Books to Read In 2015 to Help You Stay Passionate All Year, Bustle, 1/1/2015
The Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Because Getting Pregnant in MA Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your Job, The Huffington Post, 1/1/2015
How paid leave policies can help break the cycle of inequality, Equals Change: The Ford Foundation Blog, 1/1/2015
Breastfeeding and the Achievement Gap, The Hechinger Report, 1/1/2015

2014

Pregnancy Complication: Many employers do not want to accommodate their pregnant workers. Will the Supreme Court make them?, Slate, 12/1/2014
The Supreme Court, UPS And The Economics Of Pregnancy Discrimination, International Business Times, 12/1/2014
Supreme Court Must Make Clear That Pregnancy Discrimination Is Unjust, The Huffington Post, 12/1/2014
Do Pregnant Women Suffer Workplace Discrimination?, To The Point with Warren Olney, 12/1/2014
Women’s Equality Coalition Calls for New York State Action to Protect Pregnant Workers after Young v. UPS Supreme Court Oral Arguments, Long Island News & PR, 12/1/2014
Pregnancy Discrimination Case Reaches Supreme Court, ProPublica, 12/1/2014
Know Your Workplace Rights If You’re a Parent or Pregnant, Lifehacker, 12/1/2014
Wal-Mart faces new pregnancy discrimination charges, The Washington Post, 12/1/2014
Did Walmart Expose Candis Riggins, A Pregnant Employee<, To Harsh Chemicals, Bustle, 12/1/2014
Fired Walmart worker says she had to choose between a paycheck and a child, The Guardian, 12/1/2014
Lawsuit: Walmart Continues to Discriminate Against Pregnant Workers, RH Reality Check, 12/1/2014
5 Key Moments for Pregnant Workers in 2014, The Huffington Post, 12/1/2014
America’s Largest Employer Needs to Step It Up for Pregnant Workers, The Huffington Post, 12/1/2014
OP-ED: Enabling Pa. workers to remain on the job, The York Dispatch, 11/1/2014
Walmart’s Inhumane Policies for Pregnant Workers, In These Times, 11/1/2014
Is paid sick leave the next minimum wage?, Politico, 11/1/2014
Paid Sick Time Wins on Ballots, Squared Away Blog, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 11/1/2014
New Online Resource Breaks Down Pregnancy and Parenting Laws State-by-State, Working Mother, 11/1/2014
New York View Point, WABC-TV New York, 11/1/2014
Opinion: Florence policy punishes pregnant workers, Cincinnati.com, 10/1/2014
Working While Pregnant and Devon Still, Marc Amazon podcast, 10/1/2014
The Great Divide: What the Overworked and Underemployed Have in Common, Robin Hardman Communications, 10/1/2014
Doctor Says No Overtime; Pregnant Worker’s Boss Says No Job, The New York Times, 10/1/2014
New report shows how the “pregnancy penalty” drives economic inequality, Feministing, 10/1/2014
Women Are Still Losing Jobs For Getting Pregnant, Slate, 10/1/2014
Baby on Way, Worker Gets Her Job Back, The New York Times, 10/1/2014
How workplaces can make parenting easier, The Melissa Harris-Perry Show, 10/1/2014
With Supreme Court case pending, UPS reverses policy on pregnant workers, The Washington Post, 10/1/2014
Pregnant? Working? A New Resource for Knowing Your Rights, The New York Times, 10/1/2014
Aux Etats-Unis, 250 000 Femmes Enceintes Discriminees Chaque Annee, Novethic, 9/1/2014
Working While Pregnant, Huff Post Live, 9/1/2014
Pregnancy and Parenting While Working, The Brian Lehrer Show, 9/1/2014
Quinn signs legislation to protect pregnant women in workplace, The Daily Illini, 9/1/2014
States move to ensure pregnant workers get fair chance to stay on job, The Washington Post, 9/1/2014
ACLU supporting Md. woman in Supreme Court case, The Washington Post, 9/1/2014
Lawmakers, civil rights leaders tell Supreme Court to support pregnant workers, The Washington Post, 9/1/2014
Is Being Pregnant in the US Grounds for Getting Fired?, The Wall Street Cheat Sheet, 9/1/2014
Walmart moms demand better pay and protections for women workers, People's World, 9/1/2014
Women Slam Walmart on Pregnancy Policies, 24/7 Wall St, 9/1/2014
Pregnant Walmart Worker Alleges Discrimination and Unfair Firing, Think Progress, 9/1/2014
The feminist battle that too many women ignore, The Week, 9/1/2014
Moms group to city: Change pregnancy policy, Cincinnati.com, 9/1/2014
Pregnant Walmart Worker Ends Up Fired After Walmart Said It Would Help Pregnant Workers, Think Progress, 8/1/2014
Pregnant women fight to keep jobs via ‘resonable accommodations’, The Washington Post, 8/1/2014
New Statistics: Pregnancy discrimination claims hit low-wage workers hardest, The Washington Post, 8/1/2014
Represent NYC Episode 4: The Paid Sick Leave Act with Borough President Gale Brewer, The Manhattan Neighborhood Network, 8/1/2014
Pregnancy, police work collide in Florence, Cincinnati.com, 8/1/2014
Police work, pregnancy collide in Ky. town, USA Today, 8/1/2014
Field work or no pay for pregnant Kentucky police officer Lyndi Trischler, CBS This Morning, 8/1/2014
Pregnant cop forced to continue patrol work- or take unpaid leave, Today, 8/1/2014
Pregnant Florence police officer given 2 options: keep patrolling or take unpaid leave, Fox 19, 8/1/2014
Passaic Council introduces measure requiring all employers to provide paid sick leave, The Record, 8/1/2014
Pregnancy in the Workplace: Know Your Rights, The Stir, 8/1/2014
Pregnant Women Just Earned More Workplace Rights in Illinois, The Nation, 8/1/2014
Paid Family Leave in America is a Disgrace: But that might finally change, New Republic, 7/1/2014
Supreme Court Takes Up UPS Pregnancy Discrimination Case, Forbes, 7/1/2014
Maria Shriver Interview with ABB Co-President Dina Bakst: “Managing Pregnancy and Parenting in the American Workplace”, NBC News, 7/1/2014
Lawmakers, advocates push for pregnancy accomodation bill, Capitol Confidential, 6/1/2014
Women Discover and Share Support Systems at ‘Let’s Talk’, Chelsea Now, 6/1/2014
New York Lawmakers Urge Passage of Pregnancy Non-Discrimination Bill, RH Reality Check, 6/1/2014
New NYC law aims to prevent workplace discrimination during pregnancy, PIX 11 News, 6/1/2014
New York City extends paid sick days to more workers, Marketplace, 6/1/2014
Pregnant workers need greater legal protections, The Tennessean, 5/1/2014
Family advocates open Nashville wing, write to senator, The Tennessean, 5/1/2014
Under pressure, Wal-Mart upgrades its policy for helping pregnant workers, The Washington Post, 4/1/2014
Wal-Mart Swears Its New Pregnancy Policy Has Nothing to Do With Outside Pressure, Businessweek, 4/1/2014
Pregnant Workers At Walmart Fear The Company’s New Policy Won’t Go Far Enough To Protect Them, Think Progress, 4/1/2014
Women’s Rights Groups Pressure Walmart to Improve Pregnant Worker Policies, Ms. Magazine, 4/1/2014
What Happens After We #BanBossy?, ELLE, 3/1/2014
De Blasio set to sign paid sick time bill after public hearing, Staten Island Advance, 3/1/2014
Women’s Rights in the Workplace- A Better Balance, Progressive Radio Network, 3/1/2014
Placed on Unpaid Leave, a Pregnant Employee Finds Hope in a New Law, The New York Times, 2/1/2014
NYC, Calif. Bills Show Fight to Protect Caregivers, The Big Story, 2/1/2014
The Mommy-Track Myth, The Atlantic, 2/1/2014
Same-Sex Couples Often Don’t Get Spousal Leave, The Houston Chronicle, 2/1/2014
Accomodating Pregnant Employees, HR Magazine, 2/1/2014
Pennsylvania Legislator Introduces Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, RH Reality Check, 2/1/2014
This Pregnant Woman Has Her Job Back Thanks To A New Anti-Discrimination Law, Think Progress, 2/1/2014
Pregnant Worker, Forced to Go on Unpaid Leave<, Is Back on the Job, The New York Times, 2/1/2014
New law protects pregnant workers from discrimination, NY Daily News, 1/1/2014

2013

Sick days: A luxury many hourly workers don’t have, CNN Money, 12/1/2013
Study: LGBT Workers Caught in Gap Between Work, Family, South Florida Gay News, 12/1/2013
Progressive Caucus’ Agenda Includes Expanding Living Wage And Sick Leave Laws, NY 1, 12/1/2013
Read Your Rights: A trio of family-focused power attorneys discuss their new book on the intersection of the law, parenting, and the workplace, New York family, 12/1/2013
Expecting fairness in New York, The Times Union, 11/1/2013
Pregnancy Discrimination, FEM Magazine, 11/1/2013
Pregnant Women Unite!, The Jewish Daily Forward, 11/1/2013
Erica Bryant: Pregnant workers deserve a stool, Democrat and Chronicle, 11/1/2013
Sunday Dialogue – Helping Women ‘Lean In’, The New York Times, 11/1/2013
Sheryl Sandebrg Gives More Bad Advice to Working Women, Slate, 11/1/2013
Women’s agenda turns to City Council, Crain's New York Business, 9/1/2013
New York City Passes Law Defending Rights of Pregnant Workers, The New York Times, 9/1/2013
NYC Council Passes Bill To Beef Up Protections For Pregnant Workers, The Daily News, 9/1/2013
NYC Council Bans Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination, Law 360, 9/1/2013
NYC Shows the Way on Pregnant Workers’ Rights, The Huffington Post, 9/1/2013
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: A Victory in New York City, Working Mother, 9/1/2013
Sen. Gillibrand pushes to expand Family and Medical Leave Act, The Star Gazette, 9/1/2013
New York City Passes Law to Protect Pregnant Workers From Discrimination, Think Progress, 9/1/2013
What You 05/ Not Expect When You’re Expecting, The Huffington Post, 8/1/2013
Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom, The Nation, 7/1/2013
When You’re the First Pregnant Woman at Your Company, The New York Times, 7/1/2013
Report: Pregnant women often penalized by employers, The Grio, 7/1/2013
Seneca Falls: 165 Years Later and Still Struggling for Equality, The Huffington Post, 7/1/2013
Man Named Kim Adds ‘Mr.’ to Resume, Lands Job, ABC News, 7/1/2013
The Facts of Life, Public Justice, 7/1/2013
Pregnant and Pushed into Poverty, Huffington Post, 6/1/2013
Krueger: IDC Should Gridlock the Senate for WEA, Capitol Confidential, 6/1/2013
Coalition Urges Klein to “Play Hardball” to Get Equality Act to Senate Floor, Legislative Gazette, 6/1/2013
Pushed Off the Job While Pregnant, NPR, 6/1/2013
The Women’s Equality Act: A No Brainer for New York, Huffington Post, 6/1/2013
Why Working Class Women Are Better Off Injured Than Pregnant, Gothamist, 6/1/2013
Eight Reasons That Pregnant Workers Need Protection From Discrimination On The Job, ThinkProgress, 6/1/2013
Women’s Advocates Call for Fair Treatment of Pregnant Workers, WUSA-9, 6/1/2013
Pregnant Women Still Face Discrimination On the Job, Report Says, Orlando Sentinel, 6/1/2013
Report: Pregnant Workers Face Routine Discrimination, CBS News, 6/1/2013
House Republicans Schedule Anti-Abortion Bill Instead of Pregnancy Fairness Bill for Vote, Raw Story, 6/1/2013
Discrimination Against Pregnant Workers Has Been Rising, Report Says, The Washington Post, 6/1/2013
Laws Fail to Protect Pregnant Women Who Need Special Accommodations on the Job, The Washington Post, 6/1/2013
Pregnant Workers Often Fired or Made to Take Unpaid Leave, Report Says, L.A. Times, 6/1/2013
Pregnant Workers Face Routine Discrimination, Report Says, The Huffington Post, 6/1/2013
New Report Advocates for Working Pregnant Women and Workplace Equality, Chicago Parent, 6/1/2013
Worker Sues Employer For The Death of Her Baby, Think Progress, 6/1/2013
New York City Council Passes Bill Forcing Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave, The New American, 5/1/2013
Paid Sick Days for a Million More New Yorkers, Huffington Post, 5/1/2013
City Council Approves New York City Paid Sick Leave Legislation, CBS News New York, 5/1/2013
Advocates Hail Passage of Sick Pay (Video), The Road to City Hall, 5/1/2013
La lucha por la igualdad estÃ¡ aÃºn lejos de terminar (The fight for equality is far from finished), El Diario (op-ed), 5/1/2013
Supporting LGBT Workers and Their Families in Times of Need, Huffington Post, 5/1/2013
How States Are Leading The Way On Equal Pay For Women, ThinkProgress, 5/1/2013
Sick-Pay Bill is Not “Weak”, Crain's New York, 5/1/2013
What It’s Like To Lose Your Job While Pregnant, Buzzfeed, 4/1/2013
Are Small Businesses Suffering From Paid Sick Leave?, Fox News, 4/1/2013
Overtime Pay vs. Comp Time: Will House Bill Benefit Workers or Their Bosses?, MSNBC, 4/1/2013
The Paid Sick Leave Amendments, In Full, Crain's Insider, 3/1/2013
Sick-days Bill Infects Union Deals, Crain's New York Business, 3/1/2013
Women’s Equality Coalition Backing Cuomo’s Gender Equality Agenda, Legislative Gazette, 3/1/2013
Women’s Equality Coalition Launched in New York State, Your News Now, 3/1/2013
Coalition: Women’s Equality More Than Just Abortion, Capitol Confidential, 3/1/2013
What Women Want: Affordable Child Care, CNN The Situation Room, 3/1/2013
Letter: Proposal Helps Pregnant Women, The Times Union, 3/1/2013
Community Conversation: Women and the Workplace, WSKG Public Radio, 3/1/2013
Working Families Sidelined on Sick-Leave, Crain's New York Business, 3/1/2013
Forty Years Behind on Sick-Leave Policy, But Catching Up, The American Prospect, 3/1/2013
Quinn Strikes Deal on Paid Sick Leave, Times Ledger, 3/1/2013
Deal Reached to Force Paid Sick Leave in New York City, New York Times, 3/1/2013
Video: The Big Apple’s Big Deal on Paid Sick Days, MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts, 3/1/2013
When Maternity Leave Doesn’t Mean “Out of the Office”, Washington Post, 2/1/2013
Pregnancy Discrimination: A Real-World Challenge, Philadelphia Enquirer, 1/1/2013
Cuomo’s Sweeping Vision For New York, Gotham Gazette, 1/1/2013
Using Pregnancy Discrimination Claims to Fight Poverty, Clearinghouse Review, 1/1/2013

2012

Why Paid Leave Could Pass in Obama’s Second Term: Americans Want It, The Atlantic, 12/1/2012
Valuing Families in the 21st Century: Solving the Work-Family Crisis, Sh'ma, 11/1/2012
New Yorkers 03/ to Support Paid Sick Leave, WeNews, 10/1/2012
NY1: The Call, Episode 10/4/12 (TV interview with Sherry Leiwant of A Better Balance), NY1, 10/1/2012
Letter to the Editor: Pregnant Workers, New York Times, 10/1/2012
The Maternity Leave Myth, New York Post, 9/1/2012
Pregnancy and Pink Slips, Huffington Post Live, 9/1/2012
Vote Nay on Sick Pay, Biz Bosses Tell Quinn, New York Post, 8/1/2012
Yahoo CEO Marissa 05/er’s Post-Baby Plans…Yeah, so?, L.A. Times, 7/1/2012
In the Spotlight: Is Pregnancy a Disability?, Fit Pregnancy, 7/1/2012
In Bloomberg’s Healthy NYC, Still Afraid to Take (on) Sick Days, The Atlantic, 7/1/2012
Brewer Bill Would Protect Caregivers, Hamodia, 6/1/2012
Marzena Castillo, Mom, Claims She Was Fired From Chicago Restaurant For Having A Baby, Huffington Post, 6/1/2012
In Sickness and in Health? LGBT New Yorkers Need Family Leave Insurance, Huffington Post, 6/1/2012
This Mother’s Day, Stand Up for Expecting Moms, Huffington Post, 5/1/2012
Do We Really Need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act?, Workforce 21C, 5/1/2012
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Fit Pregnancy, 5/1/2012
3 Reasons Why Card-Carrying Capitalists Should Support Paid Family Leave, Forbes, 5/1/2012
New Mandates for Paid Sick Leave Raise Hackles, MSNBC, 3/1/2012
Connecticut Woman Told That Maternity Leave Viewed as Resignation, ABC News, 2/1/2012
The Wage Gap Between Moms, Other Working Women, NPR's "Tell Me More", 2/1/2012
Breast-feeding and Pregnant Women Make Waves–and Headlines, L.A. Times, 2/1/2012
Heavy Lifting: Pregnant Women are Forced to Carry an Extra Load in the Workforce, Mom's Rising, 2/1/2012
The Dangers of Being Female, Huffington Post, 2/1/2012
One Mancession Later, Are Women Really Victors in the New Economy?, The Nation, 2/1/2012
Protecting Pregnant Women in the Workplace, featuring Phoebe Taubman, 2/1/2012
Kids These Days: Work/Family Life Balance, Alaska Public Radio (Phoebe Taubman), 1/1/2012
Pregnant and Pushed Out of a Job, New York Times Op-Ed, 1/1/2012
When You’re Fired For Being Pregnant, WBUR (Boston NPR), 1/1/2012
Accommodating Pregnant Women at Work, Motherlode, 1/1/2012
We’re Seriously Still Debating Whether or Not It’s Okay to Discriminate Against Pregnant Women?, Jezebel, 1/1/2012

2011

Beyond the Breadwinner: Working Dads Speak Out, Soft Works (U.K.), 11/1/2011
Brooklyn Families Rock for Paid Sick Time, A Better Balance, 11/1/2011
Beyond the Breadwinner, The Irish Times, 11/1/2011
Rally for Paid Sick Time: Brooklyn Review, Brooklyn Independent Television, 11/1/2011
Kensington Rally Re-ignites Debate On Paid Sick Leave, Brooklyn Eagle, 10/1/2011
City Moms Still Face Breastfeeding Barriers (Related Links), NY1, 9/1/2011
Denver’s Sick-Leave Proposal Would Reach Beyond City Limits, Denver Business Journal, 9/1/2011
Readers Relate to Stress Felt by Working Fathers, Deseret News, 7/1/2011
Working Fathers Struggle to Balance It All: What That Means for Women, The Glass Hammer, 7/1/2011
Does Dad Care About Work/Life Balance?, Careerist/LawJobs.Com, 6/1/2011
What Do Working Dads Want For Fatherâ€™s Day? According to a New Report: They Want Family-Friendly Workplace Laws and Policies, Mom's Rising, 6/1/2011
Report: Work/family Issues Bring Stress for Working Dads, Deseret News, 6/1/2011
Forgotten Underclass: Part-Time Workers (Op. Ed.), Christian Science Monitor, 4/1/2011
Family-Friendly Policies Should Be Like Utilities, Park Slope Parents, 3/1/2011
NY Parents Speak Out on the Need to Support Working Families, A Better Balance, 3/1/2011
Have a Heart, Speaker Quinn!, Mom's Rising, 2/1/2011
Walking the Talk: Creating a Culture of Flexibility, Corporate Voices for Working Families, 1/1/2011

2010

Five Questions with Dina Bakst of A Better Balance, Connecticut Employment Law Blog, 12/1/2010
Diagnosing A Defeat: Why The Sick Leave Bill Failed, City Limits, 12/1/2010
Too Bad 05/or Bloomberg Was Never a Working Mother, Huffington Post, 10/1/2010
Quinn Pressed on Sick-Pay Bill, Crain's New York, 10/1/2010
Supreme Court Deadlocks on Milwaukee Sick Leave Case, The Business Journal, 10/1/2010
Why Men Matter in the Work/Life Debate, The Glass Hammer, 9/1/2010
Study’s Cost of Paid Sick Leave: $789M a Year, Crain's New York, 9/1/2010
Dueling Numbers on Sick Leave, Gotham Gazette, 9/1/2010
Paid Sick Leave Study Sparks Fevered Debate, Wall Street Journal, 9/1/2010
A Paid Sick Days Wake Up Call, Mom's Rising, 8/1/2010
Speaker Quinn, NYC Needs Paid Sick Days Now!, Mom's Rising, 8/1/2010
Working to Improve the Workplace so Workers Can Care for Their Families, Mom's Rising, 8/1/2010
NYC Paid Sick Leave Rally Draws Crowds, Opposition and Gloria Steinem, Mom's Rising, 8/1/2010
Lawyer or Mom: Choose Only One?, The Glass Hammer, 7/1/2010
Family Leave Politics Move Toward Workplace Fairness and LGBT Equality, In These Times, 6/1/2010
Paid Sick Time Act Gets Second Hearing, The Epoch Times, 5/1/2010
Work Life, Home Life: Should Government Require Paid Leave?, The New School, 5/1/2010
Happy Mother’s Day: You’re Fired!, NewsTimes, 5/1/2010
Paid Sick Leave Has Ample Support in City Council, WNYC, 5/1/2010
Women and Raises (Letter to the Editor), New York Times, 5/1/2010
Mothers Accuse Goldman Sachs, Citigroup of Discrimination, ABC News, 3/1/2010
Peaceful Revolution: Time to Stop Free-Riding on Families, Huffington Post, 2/1/2010
New York-Based A Better Balance Honored by National Employee Rights Firm Outten & Golden, PR Web, 1/1/2010
Pushing the Women’s Movement Forward, Forbes, 1/1/2010