At its core, private equity firms — which differ from traditional investment firms in seeking very high returns over a burst of a few years before selling, and are insulated from legal consequences — have...
Shiwali Patel, the director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law Center, who has focused on issues affecting LGBTQ+ students, said these arguments are disingenuous. “They frame it as needing to protect...
Service fees increase the risk of wage theft, because employers might claim that the money goes to workers but fail to distribute it, the National Women’s Law Center wrote in its public comment. Moreover, customers who pay a...
"It is unconscionable that the federal minimum wage has been as low as it is for as long as it has been," said Laura Narefsky, senior counsel on the Workplace Justice team at the National...
Six states and D.C. have implemented universal preschool for 4-year-olds, with D.C. and Vermont providing access to 3-year-olds, according to the National Women’s Law Center. And in 39 states and D.C., the average annual price of child care...
This May, the National Women’s Law Center filed a complaint against the school district, claiming it violated Title IX and Title VI, which respectively prohibit sex and race-based discrimination in federally funded programs. The complaint alleges...
