Everyone deserves to care for themselves and the people they love—without sacrificing their paycheck.
A Better Balance promotes justice in the workplace, especially for women, caregivers, and people with health needs of their own. We work across every level of government to pass and enforce policies that combat poverty, advance racial and gender equity, and protect workers’ ability to care for themselves, their children, and their loved ones.
Our Strategies
Policy and Legislative Advocacy
We research, draft, and advocate for bills that support workers’ rights to care for themselves and their loved ones.
Legal Services and Litigation
We provide direct assistance to workers through our free legal helpline and litigate on behalf of clients whose rights have been violated.
Enforcement and Education
We step in to defend laws protecting workers and build public awareness about the laws we’ve helped to pass.
Our Issues
Our Impact
50 states
are covered by the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
60M
workers have paid sick time thanks to a state or local law
1.5M+
workers rights’ have been vindicated through our impact litigation
14 states
enacted strong paid family and medical leave programs
9M
more workers have the support they need to pump milk at work