Paid Sick Time

ABB Helps Guide CT and Maine to Paid Leave & Paid Time Off Victories

June 11, 2019
State Laws

Besides improving the well-being of thousands of working families in CT and ME, it’s laws like these that help pave the way for eventual federal solutions. These victories are both huge steps forward in our continuing effort to ensure that all workers can take time to care for themselves and their families without risking their economic security.

ABB Testifies at New York City Paid Personal Time Hearing

June 4, 2019
City Laws

We were proud to work with the City to draft and pass paid sick days, and to expand the law to cover safe leave and expand family definitions, and we applaud the Mayor, Public Advocate, and City Council for recognizing that New Yorkers also deserve paid personal time.

Dallas Joins Austin And San Antonio in Allowing Workers to Earn Paid Sick Time

May 2, 2019
Paid Sick Time

Dallas becomes the third city in the South to pass a paid sick time ordinance. Now, workers in nine of the country’s ten most populous cities (we’re looking at you, Houston) have the legal right to earn paid sick time!

Recent Decision Affirming Birmingham’s Right to Cover Confederate Monuments Can Bolster Local Democracy Nationwide

February 11, 2019
Defending Local Democracy

We work in cities across the country to fight for fair workplace policies such as paid leave and sick time, predictable and flexible work schedules, and nondiscrimination, which often involves helping cities defend those policies against state efforts to roll them back.

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

February 7, 2019
Paid Sick Time

Innovative policies like paid family and medical leave and paid sick time laws offer exciting opportunities to develop workplace standards that truly work for a changing workforce.

Report: Constructing 21st Century Rights for a Changing Workforce: A Policy Brief Series: Brief 3

February 7, 2019

BRIEF 3: INCLUSIVE PAID SICK TIME & THE NONSTANDARD WORKFORCE The way we work is changing. Millions of people are working in ways that do not fit neatly within the…

A Subversion of Democracy

January 3, 2019
Paid Sick Time

Last month, Gov. Rick Snyder dealt a blow to democracy by gutting the state’s paid sick time law. The shameful actions of the outgoing governor and lame duck legislators will not stop the MI Time to Care campaign. The campaign is already on the ground collecting signatures to put a real paid sick days measure back on the ballot in 2020.

Chosen Family 2018 Year in Review: We Won’t Rest Until All Families are Protected

December 19, 2018
LGBTQ

Although families are incredibly diverse, our laws and policies often define family relationships narrowly. In 2018 A Better Balance worked with partners across the country to ensure that all family members, regardless of biological or legal ties, would be covered by these important workplace protections.

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 Momentous Year for Paid Sick Time

November 28, 2018
Paid Sick Time

We look forward to building on this remarkable momentum in the next year and expect more states and localities to follow suit in 2019 to ensure that all workers can take care of their own health and the health of their loved ones.