September 23, 2020
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Helping Parents During the Pandemic

Parents’ predicaments has been a theme we’ve returned to again and again here at the Berke-Weiss Law Blog since the start of March, though our concern over working parents’, and especially mothers’, rights reaches back much longer than six months. We’ve highlighted pertinent research, journalism, controversy, and statistics about the myriad ways parents have been affected by lockdowns and changes in working practices and laws, like the FFCRA, over the course of the year. 

But whatever long-term changes may be in store for the state of parenting, childcare, and elderly care in the years to come, it is undeniable that many parents are suffering right now, and you may be asking yourself, What can I do to help? while schools remain remote and parents lose income. Over the weekend, the New York Times provided some suggestions for things you can do that can make an impact immediate.

Because of lost income and layoffs, food insecurity has been one of the biggest concerns for  parents. According to the article, “more than 50 million people with children under 18 at home say their household has lost income since March 13” and almost one in every eight households in the U.S. don’t have enough to eat. Other major issues include lack of supplies for infants and housing insecurity, including utilities.

We encourage you to look through this article, but don’t limit yourself to it. There are many ways for you to get involved with helping others in your community. It could be volunteering to set up or supervise a pod with other parents, helping at a food bank, or ensuring that local leaders maintain eviction moratoriums that allow people to remain in their homes.

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Health Care Workers Bring Suit Against OSHA over Pandemic Rules

November 2, 2020
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A large coalition of union-represented workers in health care and education are pressing the Ninth Circuit Court to require the Department of Labor to direct its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to put a rule into effect which has been batted about since the scare of H1N1 in 2009.

Breastfeeding in the Era of Zoom

October 22, 2020
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In the era when many office jobs and classrooms have transitioned to video conferencing software and the home/work boundary continues to blur, discomfort around breastfeeding has become a source of major contention. Case in point is a recent story that caught our attention involving a student at Fresno City College, who was publicly called out by her professor for simply asking if she could turn her video off during a lecture to feed her 10-month old.

Annual Law360 Survey Shows Gender Gap in the Legal Profession Remains Wide

October 21, 2020
Gender Discrimination
Increased awareness and focus on gender disparity at law firms has done little over the last year to make gains within the profession, especially at its highest levels, reports Law360 in its annual glass ceiling survey.

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