The Center for WorkLife Law is a national advocacy and research organization that advances gender and racial equity by strengthening legal rights for pregnant people and family caregivers. Our work seeks to ensure all people have the freedom to build and maintain economic security through employment and educational opportunities, without having to sacrifice their health or their loved ones’ care.
WorkLife Law fights these and other problems by advancing policy change and providing direct legal support to workers and students in need.
If you’re like us, last night’s election results have you reeling–and perhaps plotting how you’ll navigate the challenges the new administration will bring. You may be feeling angry, sad, or even hopeless. We’re with you. But we are not giving up on our fight for equity and justice.
The Center for WorkLife Law firmly stands behind dockworkers fighting discriminatory policies in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. WorkLife Law has joined Legal Aid at Work, A Better Balance, and Equal Rights Advocates in filing an amicus brief supporting dockworkers’s demand for their right to pregnancy and lactation accommodations.
The Center for WorkLife Law is honored to have our free legal helpline, and Co-Director Jessica Lee, spotlighted in a new book by Brigid Schulte, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. “Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life,” explores why America’s way of work isn’t working and offers solutions to make it better. We’re thrilled that Co-Director Lee is featured so prominently as a changemaker in shifting the American workplace to be more humane.
