In addition to enacting new supportive work-family laws, we work around the country to enforce and defend these protections—ensuring that workers are able to exercise their rights to care for themselves and their loved ones, stay on the job, and receive critical relief when their rights have been violated. We also provide support and representation for pregnant and parenting students seeking to exercise their rights at school under Title IX, so that they’re able to attain their educational goals.
We’re fighting tirelessly in the courts to protect workers’ and students’ ability to stay afloat economically while attending to their health and caregiving-related needs.
Our free, confidential legal helpline is here for workers and students with questions about their rights—contact us here.
We Enforce
As a legal organization, when we hear from workers and students whose rights have been violated, we file legal actions on their behalf in cases that will have maximum impact. We are not afraid to take on industry giants, enforcing the law and holding employers accountable.
2025
2024
2023
- Standing Up to Abusive Attendance Policies in the Healthcare Industry (July 2023)
- Eight Years After Being Fired for Caring for his Mother, A Better Balance Client Receives Restitution Payment from JetBlue (May 2023)
- A Better Balance Files Federal Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Walmart on Behalf of Client Virginia James (February 2023)
2020
- A Better Balance Files Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Charge with the EEOC On Behalf of Oklahoma Amazon Worker (December 2020)
- A Better Balance Lawsuit Alleges Pregnant Manufacturing Worker in GA Terminated Illegally Under Abusive Attendance Policy (November 2020)
- Court Approves $14 Million Settlement Agreement with Pregnant Workers from 2013-2014 (April 2020)
- EEOC Finds that Walmart’s Attendance Policy Likely Violates ADA, In the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic (March 2020)
2019
- Court Grants Preliminary Approval to $14 Million Settlement Agreement with Pregnant Workers from 2013-2014 (October 2019)
- A Better Balance, Emery Celli Resolve Discrimination Claims Against MoMA PS1; Settlement Includes Sweeping Policy Changes (March 2019)
- Walmart Changes its Absence Policy Following Groundbreaking Report and Lawsuit (February 2019)
2018
2017
2016
We Defend
When governments threaten to block or repeal the laws we champion, or when they are challenged in court, we step in on behalf of working people and students to protect and defend their rights through filing amicus briefs and intervening in existing cases.
2025
2024
- Supporting Dockworkers’ Rights to Pregnancy and Lactation Accommodations (October 2024)
- A Better Balance and March of Dimes Submit Amicus Brief to Fifth Circuit in Texas v. Garland, Defending the Health and Legal Rights of Pregnant Workers (August 2024)
- Ruling in Tennessee v. EEOC is A Victory for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (June 2024)
- Amicus Brief Authored by A Better Balance Persuades Court to Adopt Correct Interpretation of New York PWFA (June 2024)
