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Equal Pay Laws

The Equal Pay Act has been the law for more than 50 years — but it needs to be updated and strengthened. Policy changes can help achieve equal pay.

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National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights

Letter With Recommendations on NAS Panel to Evaluate EEO-1 Pay Data

Promoting Pay Transparency to Fight the Gender Wage Gap: Creative International Models

Low-paid Women Workers on COVID-19 Frontlines Face a Double-Whammy of a Pandemic and a Gender Wage Gap, Says New NWLC Analysis

Testimony in Support of Wage History and Wage Range in Maryland

Maryland Salary History Bill

Resource Collection: EEO-1 Pay Data Collection

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2019

NWLC Comment on EEOC’s Decision to Stop EEO-1 Pay Data Collection

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief on Equal Pay Act and Title VII

NWLC Reacts to EEOC’s New Proposal to Stop EEO-1 Pay Data Collection

Workers Rights

Women’s Rights = Workers’ Rights (and Not Just on Labor Day!)

Five Things You Should Know about the Women’s National Soccer Team Pay Discrimination Suit

It’s Past Time: Tipped Workers Need One Fair Wage

Extremist Anti-Abortion Laws are Undermining Legislative Progress in States

State Legislatures Across the Country are Championing Protections for Working Families

House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act that Protects Against Pay Discrimination and Closes Wage Gap

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The Paycheck Fairness Act: Closing the “Factor Other Than Sex” Loophole to Strengthen Protections Against Pay Discrimination

Letter to House to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7)

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The Paycheck Fairness Act and the Raise the Wage Act: Advancing Equality and Dignity for Women at Work

Letter to Ed and Labor Committee in support of Raise the Wage Act and Paycheck Fairness Act

We Sued the Trump Administration and Won

Equal Pay Wins! NWLC Stops Illegal Rollback of Equal Pay Data Collection

NWLC Reacts to Legal Victory that Orders Trump Administration to Reinstate the Equal Pay Data Collection