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Care Comes of Age
The Center for WorkLife Law has met the moment since March 2020 by providing COVID-19 legal helpline services to workers and students struggling to protect their families and health without jeopardizing their livelihoods. Tynishia, a caller with a high-risk pregnancy, shared:
I wanted to inform you how phenomenal, professional, and punctual [WorkLife Law helpline counselors] have been with my case. The two of them played a very substantial role in getting me what I needed. The result of my case ended in my favor due to their outstanding assistance [during] the most drastic time of my life.
I wanted to inform you how phenomenal, professional, and punctual [WorkLife Law helpline counselors] have been with my case. The two of them played a very substantial role in getting me what I needed. The result of my case ended in my favor due to their outstanding assistance [during] the most drastic time of my life.
The pandemic’s impact on family caregivers is not over. We continue to provide quality one-on-one assistance in English and Spanish to workers in crisis. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of recent callers served were people of color; 85% were women; and nearly 1/3 earn less than $20,000 annually, with another 1/3 earning less than $40,000.
WorkLife Law empowers family caregivers with their rights where they exist — and expands the law where they do not.
WorkLife Law empowers family caregivers with their rights where they exist — and expands the law where they do not.
For 25 years, WorkLife Law has been a pioneer in advancing legal rights for family caregivers. Today, we are at an inflection point. Long-standing issues of discrimination against family caregivers are finally at the forefront of the American consciousness and are making their way into state and national legislatures. WorkLife Law translated lessons learned from the helpline into public policy solutions that we’ve advanced across the country.
WorkLife Law Cares
WorkLife Law’s attorneys, researchers, and advocates are working tirelessly to ensure this moment produces meaningful change. We are fighting so that all mothers and families, regardless of race, income, or gender can build and maintain economic security through stable employment and educational opportunities.
This year:
- WorkLife Law launched Dar a Luz: Legal Rights for Farmworkers in Pregnancy and Postpartum to empower farmworkers across the state of California to access the paid leave benefits they need to avoid exposure to toxic pesticides that can cause devastating health impacts for their pregnancies and babies.
- WorkLife Law’s report Exposed Discrimination Against Breastfeeding Workers supplied stories and data that have served as the national rallying cry for the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act, which passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support and support from the White House . We fueled the fight at the state level with Winning New Rights for Lactating Workers: An Advocate’s Toolkit
- WorkLife Law continued shaping the public narrative around COVID-19 and caregiving at the intersections of gender, race, and class. We've shared our ideas in the LA Times , New York Times , TIME , PBS News Hour, and Harvard Business Review .
- WorkLife Law supported our partners’ advocacy around the country by serving as a legal resource center for community organizers, healthcare providers, attorneys, and government officials to advance the rights of family caregivers at work and school.
Your generous support enables us to continue this critical work.
We are tremendously grateful for your commitment to a cause we care so deeply about.
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