The Center for WorkLife Law is a research and advocacy organization at UC Hastings College of the Law that seeks to advance gender and racial equity in the workplace and in higher education. WorkLife Law focuses on initiatives with the potential to produce concrete social, legal, and institutional change within a two to five year timeframe. Our current major initiatives include programs for advancing women leaders, eliminating barriers for pregnant and breastfeeding workers and students, preventing Family Responsibilities Discrimination, and helping companies to interrupt and correct bias in the workplace and create more stable schedules for their hourly workers.
Our latest report, Exposed: Discrimination Against Breastfeeding Workers, analyzes breastfeeding legal cases from the last decade to document patterns of discrimination, and analyzes new data on the scope of existing state and federal laws to protect against discrimination. We found that 27.6 million women of childbearing age don’t have the basic protections needed by all breastfeeding workers.
With the help of the Society of Women Engineers, the Center for WorkLife Law produced a comprehensive survey documenting in the real world what social psychologists have long observed in labs: that women and people of color experience workplace hurdles that do not exist for white men.
Employers have failed to put in place policies that protect and support caregivers. Based on our review of 4,000 cases, we review efforts to reduce bias against caregivers in the workplace.
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How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams
Strategies to foster equity and inclusion
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A few ways to manage day-to-day bias in your team:
- Set up a rotation for office housework — don’t ask for volunteers.
- Mindfully assign people to high-value projects.
- Acknowledge the importance of low-profile contributions.
How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams
Strategies to foster equity and inclusion
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It’s important to decrease bias in hiring. But bias also runs rampant in our meetings and the way that work is distributed every day.
How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams
Strategies to foster equity and inclusion
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If you always give plum assignments to the same small group of people, reconsider who’s capable of doing the work.
How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams
Strategies to foster equity and inclusion
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"It’s becoming clear that pumping is beneficial to mothers and children, and that it behooves managers and coworkers to create workplaces and workspaces that support women who need to pump." @HarvardBiz
When Companies Support Pumping Breastmilk at Work, Everyone Benefits
A study found it increases the employee’s well-being and productivity.
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