By: Kim Donoghue, A Better Balance Community Advocate I became pregnant with my first child after my husband and I moved to New Mexico. I immediately started looking for work after moving because we desperately needed the additional income. …

Consider this: who is your family? For some, family is a parent, a sibling, an aunt or uncle; for others, family is a significant other, a best friend, a non-biological child. Now consider this: would you be able to take leave from work to care for your family members if…

By: Samantha K., A Better Balance Community Advocate I work for a large grocery store chain on Long Island, and I am a mom. My son is 10-years-old and has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), among other health conditions. Because of the level of medical care he requires, we needed to…

By Natasha Jackson Natasha Jackson lives and works in Charleston, South Carolina. She is also an A Better Balance Community Advocate. In 2008, I was pushed out of my promising career just because I was pregnant and needed to avoid heavy lifting at work — my family went from thriving…

Por: Cassandra Gomez y Astrid Reyes El 2020 fue un año difícil: todos los neoyorquinos han tenido que enfrentar los desafíos que nos ha presentado el COVID-19, y muchos han tenido que navegar el trabajo mientras balancean el cuidado de seres queridos y de sí mismos. En A Better Balance…

By Dina Bakst On October 26, the Senate approved Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court. Given the clear bias of Judge Barrett against the rights of women and all those without access to power in this country, her nomination is an insult to the legacy of Justice…

In response to the ongoing public health crisis, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Among other provisions, the FFCRA gives covered workers the right to paid time off from work for a variety of coronavirus-related reasons — the first time in American history that a federal law…

By Meghan Racklin, Molly Weston Williamson, and Dina Bakst Imagine a plumber who has just received a call from a potential customer who needs work done immediately. The plumber drives over to the potential customer’s house with his tools, ready to work. When he arrives, the customer realizes that the…

As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to rise in the U.S. and abroad, the need for workplace paid leave policies has become increasingly apparent. …