Center for WorkLife Law | UC Law San Francisco

Join the WorkLife Law team! We are #hiring a Legal Fellow with a focus on Reproductive Justice for Farmworkers. ✴ Full-Time ✴ Remote-Eligible ✴ $80,000/year ✴ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g9F8uvEs

October is pregnancy & infant loss awareness month. During an already difficult time, workers deserve to feel supported by their workplace. Learn about workers' right to privacy, time off, changes at work, and more: https://lnkd.in/gnpnA4iJ

Join our co-Director Jessica Lee and other experts for the Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM: Graduate Student and Post-Doc Caregivers Webinar, hosted by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This webinar will unpack the caregiving experiences of post-doctoral scholars and graduate students and examine what institutions can do to better support these populations. October 29 @ 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET Learn more and register today: https://lnkd.in/gUMiBwGk

We are honored to have our free legal helpline and Co-Director Jessica Lee spotlighted in NYT bestselling author Brigid Schulte's new book! “Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life,” explores why America’s way of work isn’t working and offers solutions to make it better. We’re thrilled that Co-Director Lee is featured so prominently as a changemaker in shifting the American workplace to be more humane. Grab your copy today and read all about us in Chapter 2!

Is your pumping break paid or unpaid? Check out our free resource to learn about your lactation rights this #WorkplaceLactationWeek. 📄: https://lnkd.in/gB5GZwgb

We all have reason to celebrate when pregnant workers’ rights are upheld to the strongest extent– this month Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC and Gilbert Employment Law, P.C. secured a $45m payout from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 1,000 workers. The settlement also enacts personnel policy overhauls for the agency so future pregnant workers are not discriminated against. WorkLife Law applauds these attorneys for their success– and for sending the message that pregnancy discrimination hurts not only the workers who face it and their children, but can also be very costly for businesses. #pregnancydiscrimination #classaction

“Removing barriers to ensure that student-parents can complete their degrees requires systemic changes like governmental investment in child care and debt reform; however, institutions can make a number of impactful low-cost changes on their own.” Jessica Lee, director of the Pregnant Scholar Initiative, and co-director of the University of California College of the Law San Francisco’s Center for WorkLife Law, shares strategies higher ed institutions can implement to ensure that #StudentParents, most of whom are women of color, are supported even after the #AffirmativeAction ban. https://edtru.st/3xCcpEa

Enforcing a student parent policy can make the difference between a student dropping out or graduating. Our co-Director Jessica Lee shares her expertise on Title IX and policies to support student parents' success with Inside Higher Ed: https://lnkd.in/d8GakDQr

Illinois has enacted the nation's strongest law against family responsibilities discrimination. Starting in 2025, employers will be banned from discriminating based on caregiving responsibilities. This is a huge win-- and we are especially proud that this legislation was based on WorkLife Law's model. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gRcgkxmw

The #PUMPAct doesn't require employers to provide paid lactation breaks for all workers, BUT there are 8 situations when an employee must be paid for the time they spend pumping. Learn more about employee's #lactationrights this National #BreastfeedingMonth: https://lnkd.in/gB5GZwgb