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• Ending Caregiver Discrimination in California: ERA is leading the effort to pass a California bill, SB 404, that would include “familial status” as a protected status under the employment discrimination provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). This bill would clarify that an employer may not discriminate against an employee based on his or her family responsibilities, and would ensure that employers do not base employment decisions on false and discriminatory stereotypes about caregivers as less committed, less capable, or less interested in jobs and advancement. The bill was introduced by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, and is co-sponsored by ERA. .
• Expanding Paid Family Leave To Include Caregiver Benefits for Siblings, Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Parents in Law: This year Senator Jackson  introduced SB 770 to allow workers to receive partial pay through California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, when they must miss work to care for siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and parents in law. The PFL program, which was the product of an statewide advocacy effort lead by ERA , currently provides partial pay to workers that miss work to care for parents, children, spouses, and domestic partners. The PFL program has been immensely successful in helping California’s traditional caregivers balance their family responsibilities with work. However, the PFL program has excluded a large portion of California’s caregiver population. SB 770 recognizes the reality that extended families and siblings are a crucial source of the caregiving provided to California’s people, and it expands the PFL program to ensure that California’s families receive the caregiving support they need without losing the income they need to survive. The bill is co-sponsored by Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center, and supported by the California Work and Family Coalition.
• Prohibiting Employers from Retaliating Against Employees for Receiving Paid Family Leave Benefits: This year Senator Mark DeSaulnier introduced SB 761 to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees for obtaining or attempting to obtain Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits. The PFL program currently does not protect workers from retaliation by employers for use of the PFL program. The bill thus provides an essential protection for California’s caregivers. Learn more.

[post_title] => ERA Legislative Advocacy for California’s Working Families [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => legislativeworkingfamilies [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2013-04-18 17:51:56 [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-04-18 17:51:56 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://www.equalrights.org/?p=1985 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [1] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1119 [post_author] => 1 [post_date] => 2013-03-13 18:55:38 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-03-13 18:55:38 [post_content] => ERA continues to pursue equal pay and promotion claims on behalf of the women of Wal-Mart. After the U.S. Supreme Court moved to decertify a class of more than 1 million women workers at the retail giant in 2011, ERA and its co-counsel filed a new suit against Wal-Mart in San Francisco on behalf of thousands of women at store locations across the West alleging that the company's pay and promotion practices discriminate against women because of their sex. That suit was given the greenlight to proceed by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer last year. Read more about Breyer's decision here. In the coming months, ERA and new co-counsel Hadsell, Stormer, Richardson & Renick intend to file a motion to certify the class before Judge Breyer. [post_title] => Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Renewed [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => dukes-v-wal-mart-renewed [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2013-04-22 21:35:02 [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-04-22 21:35:02 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://www.equalrights.org/?p=1119 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1145 [post_author] => 1 [post_date] => 2013-03-11 21:38:59 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-03-11 21:38:59 [post_content] => Congratulations to ERA Board Member Simona Farrise, who will be recognized as trial lawyer of the year by the California Association of Black Lawyers. Simona is founding owner of the Farrise Law Firm, which specializes in civil rights and complex litigation. She'll receive her award next month, at an event hosted by CABL. [post_title] => Farrise Wins Litigation Award [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => farrise-wins-litigation-award [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2013-04-11 14:45:41 [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-04-11 14:45:41 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://www.equalrights.org/?p=1145 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [3] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1151 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2013-02-18 19:16:41 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-02-18 19:16:41 [post_content] => ERA celebrates and thanks ERA Executive Board member Beth Parker for her long years of service to the organization and social justice.  Beth was first elected to ERA’s Board of Directors in 2008 and served as Board Chair from 2011 to March 2013. Beth has had an esteemed career of lawyering and dedicated pro bono and public interest service.  She is the newly appointed Chief Legal Counsel of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.  PPAC provides legal, legislative, policy and regulatory services to the eight California affiliates, which combined operate 100 health centers and serve more than one million patients annually.  PPAC is also working to ensure that the seven million uninsured Californians will receive primary and reproductive health services, including abortion, under the Affordable Care Act.  Prior to that Beth was a partner and complex civil litigator at Arnold & Porter LLP in San Francisco.  She specialized in intellectual property, complex commercial, constitutional, and civil rights matters and spent a significant part of her practice on pro bono matters.  In 2004, she led the trial team in Planned Parenthood’s successful challenge to the first federal attempt to criminalize abortion since Roe v. Wade.  She has represented Planned Parenthood’s Bay Area affiliates for more than 25 years in a wide variety of matters, many involving access to clinics in Northern California.  Between 1997-2000 she left private practice to work as the Director of Program & Litigation at ERA. Beth graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and received her law degree from Harvard Law School. She serves as a Mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator for the United States District Court of the Northern District of California.  She currently serves on the national board of CORO Center for Civic Leadership, having previously chaired the Board of CORO, Northern California. Beth is a former director of the San Francisco Bar Association, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Yale University Dwight Hall, Planned Parenthood Alameda/San Francisco and Planned Parenthood Golden Gate.  She was a founder and Board Chair of the San Francisco Women Lawyers’ Alliance and the Women’s Leadership Alliance. Beth will be married thirty years this spring, and has two children.  In her spare time, she loves to travel to less visited countries and photograph markets. Our heartfelt thanks to Beth Parker.  We are honored to have her as part of ERA’s Community. 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• Ending Caregiver Discrimination in California: ERA is leading the effort to pass a California bill, SB 404, that would include “familial status” as a protected status under the employment discrimination provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). This bill would clarify that an employer may not discriminate against an employee based on his or her family responsibilities, and would ensure that employers do not base employment decisions on false and discriminatory stereotypes about caregivers as less committed, less capable, or less interested in jobs and advancement. The bill was introduced by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, and is co-sponsored by ERA. .
• Expanding Paid Family Leave To Include Caregiver Benefits for Siblings, Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Parents in Law: This year Senator Jackson  introduced SB 770 to allow workers to receive partial pay through California’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, when they must miss work to care for siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and parents in law. The PFL program, which was the product of an statewide advocacy effort lead by ERA , currently provides partial pay to workers that miss work to care for parents, children, spouses, and domestic partners. The PFL program has been immensely successful in helping California’s traditional caregivers balance their family responsibilities with work. However, the PFL program has excluded a large portion of California’s caregiver population. SB 770 recognizes the reality that extended families and siblings are a crucial source of the caregiving provided to California’s people, and it expands the PFL program to ensure that California’s families receive the caregiving support they need without losing the income they need to survive. The bill is co-sponsored by Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center, and supported by the California Work and Family Coalition.
• Prohibiting Employers from Retaliating Against Employees for Receiving Paid Family Leave Benefits: This year Senator Mark DeSaulnier introduced SB 761 to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees for obtaining or attempting to obtain Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits. The PFL program currently does not protect workers from retaliation by employers for use of the PFL program. The bill thus provides an essential protection for California’s caregivers. Learn more.

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