| Before women can ?lean in? to achieve their career goals, entertain the debate about having it all, or fight for the need to work from home, they have to understand their basic rights in the workplace. For too many women, leaning in can result in being pushed out of a job. How and when does the law protect parents? Where does it fall short? A new, insightful guide offers a roadmap to the tricky terrain that comes with being a mom in the American workplace. About?the book: Moms-to-be get tons of advice about what to eat, which stroller to buy, and how to get their bodies back after baby arrives. What?s missing is clear and comprehensive advice on how to keep their jobs during pregnancy and beyond. In?Babygate, three?legal experts share practical tips, real-life stories from moms and dads, and key legal information to spotlight the protections expecting and new parents have (and don?t have) in the workplace. This step-by-step guide covers everything from morning sickness to maternity leave to confronting discrimination on the job. With a clear, often witty,?interpretation of the law and various employment policies, the authors explain how workers can advocate for themselves and protect their jobs and paychecks while welcoming their little bundles of joy. Babygate?arms readers with valuable tools, including a?ZagatTM-like guide on parents? rights in each state. The authors also highlight how far the US lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to work-life policies and invite readers to join them in making America a more family-friendly nation. No baby shower is complete without it! Praise for the book: ?Any mother-to-be who buys?What to Expect When You?re Expecting?should pick up a copy of?Babygate?to go with it. It offers indispensable advice to allow working parents to stay on the job and is a blueprint for change in the coming work-family revolution.? ?Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University professor and author of Why Women Still Can?t Have It All ?A Better Balance, one of the outstanding defenders of parents? legal rights in the United States, has given us an indispensable guide with?Babygate. No new parent should leave the hospital without it!? ?Ann Crittenden, Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of The Price of Motherhood ?If you?re a working parent, you need?Babygate?an invaluable and humane guide for expecting and new parents about their legal and economic rights in the American workplace. The information in its pages will provide answers to your most important questions and empower you to stand up for yourself and working families.? ?Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation ***** You?re invited! We are celebrating the launch of?Babygate?with two events in New York City in May. Books will be available for sale! ? May 21st:?Join us at the?Manhattan JCC?from 6:30pm-8:30pm. For more information, click?here. To register, call 646-505-5708. This is a free event. If you are unable to make either event, you can still buy?Babygate?online?or have your?book club or new parents? group?read the book and join in on the conversation!?All proceeds from?Babygate?sales go to A Better Balance so we can continue our work educating low-income women about their legal rights in the workplace. Thank you for all that you do, Sherry, Dina, Phoebe, Jared, Karen, Elizabeth, Theresa, & Cari P.S. To learn more about our?work visit our?webpage. Check out our?blog?on?work/family legal issues, ?like? A?Better Balance?on Donate now to A Better Balance. ?Together?we can improve the lives of families across the country.? | 
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