Blog Posts in Working Families
ERA Teams Up With Bay Area Medical Community To Reach Out To Pregnant Workers
Equal Rights Advocates has heard from hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers in California whose workplace rights are continuously violated. Most of these women were not aware of their right to a... read more
New Protections in 2013 for Pregnant Workers in California
“Rose” was a hard working employee in the Bay area of California that called ERA’s Advice and Counseling Hotline in December. When Rose told her employer that she would need to take a short...
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On Four-Year Anniversary of Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Equal Rights Advocates Urges Congress To Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – January 29, 2013 – On the fourth anniversary of passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Equal Rights Advocates, a national non-profit group with a long history of...
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Women’s and Civil Rights Groups Applaud Approval of Revised FEHC Pregnancy Regulations
Sacramento, CA (Dec 6, 2012) Confirming California’s role as a leader in protecting the rights of working pregnant women, the Fair Employment and Housing Commission’s (FEHC) revised pregnancy...
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