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NWLC Applauds Department of Labor’s Newly Issued Protections for Farmworkers in the H-2A Program

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) announced new regulations for the H-2A agricultural guestworker program.  The new regulations will provide much needed improvements to empower the hundreds of thousands of temporary agricultural workers...

NWLC Responds to Legal Suit by 17 Republican State Attorneys General Against the EEOC Over its Enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

(Washington, D.C.) Yesterday, 17 Republican state attorneys general sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to block its final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The EEOC’s rule recognizes that the Pregnant...

National Women’s Law Center on NCAA’s Continued Review of Policy on Transgender Women Athletes: Make the Right Choice

Washington, DC - Earlier this week, NWLC joined over 50 organizations in urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to protect the rights of transgender women seeking to participate in sports as their authentic selves....

Maryland’s Pay Range Transparency Bill Delivers a Win-Win for Workers and Employers

(Washington, D.C.)  Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed pay range transparency bill HB 649/SB 525, which requires employers to list pay ranges in job postings. The law will go into effect on October 1, 2024....

NWLC Responds to Reversal of Harvey Weinstein Conviction

The following is a statement from Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center and a co-founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund: "The misstep by New York’s appellate court...

Reproductive Rights Advocates Unite in Washington, D.C. Rally to Defend Emergency Abortion Care

Washington, D.C. - Today, hundreds of reproductive rights, health, and justice advocates, legal experts, medical providers, and patients at an "Abortion is Healthcare" rally urged the Supreme Court to protect the right to emergency abortion...

NWLC Applauds Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Ban

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new regulations that bar employers from imposing or enforcing non-compete agreements on the vast majority of workers throughout the country—which will benefit workers, their families,...

NWLC Applauds Biden Administration’s New Overtime Rule

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that will strengthen overtime protections for millions of workers across the country. On July 1, the annual salary threshold under which employees...

Advocates for Gender Justice, Civil Rights, and Student Rights Respond to Biden Administration’s Finalization of New Title IX Rule

Washington, DC — April 19, 2024 — Today, the U.S. Department of Education finalized a range of critical updates to its regulations interpreting and enforcing Title IX, restoring and reinforcing vital civil rights protections for...

NWLC Applauds the EEOC’s Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a final rule to implement the historic Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which protects the health and economic security of pregnant workers by guaranteeing their...

National Survey Finds People Strongly Favor Taxing the Rich to Pay for Caregiving Priorities

WASHINGTON – MomsRising and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released the results of a new national survey today that finds voters on both sides of the aisle overwhelmingly support raising taxes on the wealthiest individuals...

NWLC Condemns Arizona’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

The following is a statement by Gretchen Borchelt, Vice President for Reproductive Rights & Health at the National Women’s Law Center: “We’re horrified by the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to resurrect a 19th century abortion...

NWLC Condemns NAIA’s Ban on Transgender Women’s Participation in Women’s College Sports

Washington, DC - Today, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced its decision to categorically ban transgender women from women’s sports. In response, Shiwali Patel, Director of Justice for Student Survivors & Senior Counsel...

Experts in Law, Medicine, Business, Reproductive Rights, and Gender Justice Call on the Supreme Court to Protect the Right to Emergency Abortion Care

WASHINGTON D.C. – On Thursday, March 28, 2024, a broad coalition of major medical organizations, physicians, people who have been denied critical health- and life-saving emergency abortion care, former HHS officials, Members of Congress, states,...

NWLC Applauds Robust Child Care Funding in Last Six Appropriations Bills

WASHINGTON – Following months of obstruction from House Republicans, Congressional leaders finally released text for the last six FY24 appropriations bills, which include significant additional funding for child care and Head Start – a priority...

Plaintiffs Urge Federal Court to Reverse Trump-Era Health Care Discrimination Rule

BOSTON — Plaintiffs in Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) et al v. HHS, a lawsuit challenging the Trump-Pence Administration’s “Rollback Rule” undermining health care nondiscrimination protections contained in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care...

NWLC Celebrates Nicole Berner’s Confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): “We are thrilled that civil rights champion Nicole Berner has been confirmed to serve on the...

Advocacy Groups Demand Immediate Release of Title IX Rule

Washington, DC - Today, a group of over 80 organizations, including the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), GLSEN, and Human Rights Campaign, submitted a joint letter to President Biden...

Governor Youngkin’s Veto of a Pay Transparency Bill Is a Blow to Women in Virginia

(Washington, D.C.)  Today, Governor Youngkin vetoed a pay transparency bill that would have required employers to list salary ranges on job postings and banned employers from asking job applicants about their salary history. The following is...

Pay Transparency Laws Are Most Effective When They Require Salary Ranges in Job Listings, NWLC Analysis of Glassdoor Data Reveals

(Washington, D.C.) In the midst of a pay transparency movement that’s gaining traction across the country, NWLC’s research team set out to discover the impact of two types of pay range transparency laws: (1) those...