Paid Leave

This Year in Paid Family and Medical Leave: A Look Back over 2018

December 10, 2018
Paid Family Leave

This year has brought some major advances in state paid family and medical leave laws across the country. But we won’t stop fighting until all workers across the country have the paid family and medical leave they need.

Constructing 21st Century Rights for a Changing Workforce: A Policy Brief Series

December 7, 2018

Constructing 21st Century Rights for A Changing Workforce is a series of policy briefs analyzing key issues in covering non-standard and precarious workers under paid leave laws.

A Worker’s Guide to New York Paid Family Leave

December 4, 2018

Bringing a Gender Lens to the Future of Work: Pathways to Gender Equality Conference

November 6, 2018
Fair & Flexible Work

A Better Balance joined researchers and advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C., for Pathways to Gender Equality, a conference organized by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and American University’s Program on Gender Analysis in Economics. The conference featured a wide range of economic and policy experts, including such leaders as former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.

New Report Provides Guidance for Engaging Health Community in Paid Family Leave Outreach

October 10, 2018
Paid Family Leave

In 2016, New York passed a landmark paid family leave law, under which benefits began on January 1, 2018. This law presents a game-changing opportunity to improve the health of working families, but only if workers know about and can use their new rights.

Report: For the Health of Our Families: Engaging the Health Community in Paid Family Leave Outreach and Education

October 10, 2018

A Better Balance Releases New Policy Brief on Paid Leave and the Future Of Work

October 3, 2018
Fair & Flexible Work, Paid Family Leave

A Better Balance released the second policy brief in our series, Constructing 21st Century Rights For A Changing Workforce, a series of policy briefs analyzing key issues in covering non-standard and precarious workers under paid leave laws.

Report: Constructing 21st Century Rights for a Changing Workforce: A Policy Brief Series: Brief 2

October 3, 2018

BRIEF 2: PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE & NONSTANDARD EMPLOYEES Executive Summary The way we work is changing. Millions of people are working in ways that do not fit neatly…

Governor Brown: Sign California bill to help military families!

September 14, 2018
Paid Family Leave

If signed into law, SB 1123 will expand California’s existing paid leave law to provide paid benefits to workers so that they can take time off to address needs arising out of their loved one’s military service.

Your Questions Answered: From Our New York Paid Family Leave Hotline

August 23, 2018
Paid Family Leave, State Laws

At A Better Balance, we run a free and confidential hotline answering workers’ questions about New York’s paid family leave law. We hear from a lot of New Yorkers eager to get the family leave they need and we often hear the same questions from multiple callers.