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)