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 three 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.
#Gender equity = #workplace equity. **27.6 million #women** don't have the basic protections needed by all #breastfeeding workers. #SexualHarassment isn't the only way nursing #parents are challenged at work --- read our report for more stats & resources: https://t.co/XFqL3DQtSW
#1L & #2L students — it isn't too late to apply for our summer fellowships! Help us promote #equity in the workplace. Apply today:
https://t.co/Dpdhc8nvhY
27.6 million #women are left out of current #breastfeeding protections @WorkLifeLawCtr made a map to help understand the laws in your state → - Read their latest report: https://t.co/AqEPtoEIV7
Congrats @swetalk & collaborators @WorkLifeLawCtr @UCHastingsLaw on your new study examining workplace bias in India.
@JoanCWilliams @rkorn88
Are you a 1L/2L interested in public interest and/or employment law (or do you know one)? @WorkLifeLawCtr is hiring its 2019 summer legal fellows. Fellows are involved in all aspects of the Center's work - and did I mention it's paid? To learn more visit
Jobs & Internships
If you are interested in volunteer opportunities please email thecenter@worklifelaw.org to inquire. Be sure to include a copy of your resume.
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#Breastfeeding workers do have #rights, but they differ state to state.
To learn more about the #laws in your state visit: https://t.co/egsyneahKJ
Learn how to better #policy for nursing #workers by visiting: https://t.co/XFqL3DQtSW
