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Time to get your ducks in order! Please join PSP and Chelsea Thompson from A Better Balance for PSP Workplace Rights for Parents Webinar on Thursday, March 2nd at 7:00pm.

Are you an expectant or new parent? This webinar will provide an overview of pregnant and parenting New Yorkers' workplace rights to medical and caregiving leave, as well as pregnancy and lactation accommodations.  

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and gain self-advocacy strategies. They will leave with a clear understanding of their workplace rights while pregnant, postpartum, or parenting, and know where to go for free, confidential legal information and support.

What:   PSP Workplace Rights for Parents
When:  Thursday, March 2nd
Time:    7:00pm - 8:15pm
Cost:     Free

Housekeeping: Please read

• Your confirmation email will give instructions for registering with Zoom to get your own unique link to join the webinar.
  
  
• This webinar will be recorded. If you can't make it but want to receive the video link, you must register.

• A Better Balance is a nonprofit organization, and they are providing this webinar at no charge to PSP. Please consider a small donation to help them continue to advocate for work-family justice.
  
  

A Better Balance uses the power of the law to advance justice for workers, so they can care for themselves and their loved ones without jeopardizing their economic security. Their expert legal team combats discrimination against pregnant workers and caregivers and advances supportive policies like paid sick time, paid family and medical leave, fair scheduling, and accessible, quality childcare and eldercare.



Chelsea Thompson joined A Better Balance in August 2022 as a legal fellow. Chelsea is a Gruber Fellow in Global Justice and Women’s Rights working on the direct services team. Chelsea is a graduate of Yale Law School, where she was a member of the Gender Violence Clinic and the Reproductive Rights & Justice Project. She was also editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism. Throughout law school, Chelsea worked at the intersection of gender justice and worker’s rights, working at the National Legal Advocacy Project and the National Women’s Law Center. At A Better Balance, she will focus on furthering legal protections for workers with family responsibilities in New York and beyond.