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New Policy Brief Released in Partnership with ThinkTennessee Highlights the Urgent Need for Policies that Support Tennessee’s Working Women and Families

May 14, 2019
Paid Family Leave, Paid Sick Time, Pregnant Workers Fairness, State Laws, Workplace Equality

Our new policy brief--State of Our State: Women in the Workforce, released jointly with nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee--highlights the systemic barriers in Tennessee that prevent women, especially women of color and mothers, from achieving economic security.

A Better Balance Releases “Long Overdue” Pregnancy Discrimination Report

May 9, 2019
Pregnant Workers Fairness, Uncategorized

In time for Mother’s Day, A Better Balance released a new report, “Long Overdue,” detailing the numerous ways pregnant workers are still routinely jeopardizing their health—and economic security—when denied medically necessary reasonable accommodations.

REPORT: Long Overdue – It Is Time for the Federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

May 8, 2019

Executive Summary PDF of Full Report Here Press Release Here More than forty years after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), pregnant workers are still being forced to…

New Paid Family Leave Guide for Domestic Workers

May 1, 2019
Paid Family Leave

Do you work in a private home, for example as a housekeeper, home health aide, nanny, cleaning person, butler, gardener, or chauffer? Wondering if New York’s paid family leave law applies to you?

Reports

April 23, 2019

2019 Policy Brief: State of Our State: Women in the Workforce Report: Long Overdue – It Is Time for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Constructing 21st Century Rights for a Changing Workforce:…

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.

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.

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.