Reports
2019 Constructing 21st Century Rights for a Changing Workforce: A Policy Brief Series BRIEF 1: Paid Family and Medical Leave & The Self-Employed BRIEF 2: PaidFamily and Medical Leave &…
A Better Balance Releases New Policy Brief on Paid Sick Time and the Future Of Work
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
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.
A Better Balance Releases New Policy Brief on Paid Leave and the Future Of Work
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
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.
Recognizing All Families: Innovative Work from New Mexico and Georgia
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.
FMLA 25: States are Covering Workers Left out of the FMLA
States are stepping up to fill the gaps by providing job-protected leave to many workers left out of the FMLA. Some states have extended leave to employees of small businesses with less than 50 employees. Other states have reduced the duration and hours worked requirements in their state leave laws, while still others have done away with these requirements completely.
A Better Balance Announces New Report in Honor of #FMLA25
In the 25 years since the signing of the FMLA, federal law has been mostly stagnant while states and cities have been moving forward with stronger protections. Our new report, A Foundation and a Blueprint, lifts up the leadership of these innovative states and cities to light the way toward the workplace leave laws we need now.