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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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NWLC Comments in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants Under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

NWLC Signs Amicus Brief in Prior Pay Case

Stepping Up: New Policies and Strategies Supporting Parents in Low-Wage Jobs and Their Children

Teachers Strike: Workplace Fairness, Educational Equity, and Public Justice

Wins for Women: Fighting Back Against Unconstitutional Abortion Bans, Unequal Pay, and Sexual Harassment/Assault

Equal Pay Day 2018: Ending Secrecy to Close the Gender Wage Gap and Fight Sexual Harassment

Rhode Island (and 38 Other States) Have Had Enough of Equal Pay Day

The Worst States for Women’s Lifetime Wage Gap

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Jock v. Sterling Jewelers

ISO: An Infrastructure Plan That Works for Women and Families

Iceland’s New Equal Pay Law is a Huge Deal – But Let’s Be Clear Why

Coalition Letter to EEOC on Equal Pay Data Collection

We Just Sued the Trump Administration for Rolling Back Progress on Equal Pay

NWLC Sues to Stop Illegal Trump Administration Rollback of Equal Pay Data Collection

NWLC Letter of Concern to Senate re EEOC Nominees

EEOC Nominees Can’t Play the Waiting Game With Civil Rights

An Attack on Equal Pay Under Cover of Darkness

FOIA Requests to Trump Administration on Equal Pay Data Collection

Five Things to Know About EEOC Nominee Daniel Gade

Five Things You Should Know About EEOC Chair Nominee Janet Dhillon

Stop Saying You Support Equal Pay

Three Reasons Why the Supreme Court Should Grant Review in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital

What the EEO-1 Equal Pay Data Collection Tells Us About Ivanka’s Inch-Deep Feminism

Coalition Letter to House Against Defunding Pay Data Collection