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In this Dec. 12, 2013 photo provided by A Better Balance, caregiver Dena Adams, left, accompanied by attorney Phoebe Taubman, testifies before the New York City Council Civil Rights Committee. If you don't get a job because you're a woman, or you get fired because you're black, or you get put on a bad shift because you're gay, there's a law for that. But if you're punished at work because you need time to talk to your kid's teacher on the phone or take your elderly mother to the doctor, you might be out of luck. In most places around the country, advocates say, there's no explicit protection against employment discrimination based on a worker's status as a caregiver. A pending bill in New York City aims to plug that hole. (AP Photo/A Better Balance)
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In this Thursday Jan. 30, 2014 photo, Mendota, Calif. Mayor Robert Silva, 72, explains how the state’s drought is sure to drive up unemployment in his rural farming town during an interview in Mendota. Five years ago, the last dry year and height of the national recession, farm workers lined up for free food as unemployment exceeding 40 percent in Mendota. Silva fears that this year the food lines will be even longer. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, teachers strike outside Zion-Benton High School in Zion, Ill., after negotiations between the teachers union and District 126 broke down. An education funding advisory committee is urging for the state's school funding formula to be changed to provide more equity to rich and poor districts across Illinois during tough economic times. Lawmakers, who will detail the proposal Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, aim to turn the report into legislation by the spring. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Steve Lundy, File)
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This Feb. 20, 2013 photo, Rep. Dawn Morrell, D-Puyallup, right, and Rep. Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, talk during a committee hearing in Olympia, Wash. Workers in Washington could be the first in the country to be guaranteed paid vacation time under legislation being considered by state lawmakers. Tarleton of Seattle, the prime sponsor of House Bill 2238, said the measure would require public and private employers with 25 or more employees to provide vacation leave for those who work 20 hours or more per week. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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File- This Oct. 3, 2013, file photo shows Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr gesturing during an interview at the Detroit Economic Club luncheon in Detroit. A proposed plan to restructure Detroit’s debt calls for retirees and pensioners to receive $4.3 billion in payments and bondholders about $1.1 billion over the next 40 years, leaving the bankrupt city with a surplus of nearly $336 million. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
