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GOP Health Bill Changes Could Kill Protections For Those With Pre-Existing Conditions

A 2012 study by the National Women's Law Center found that, before Obamacare, only about 6 percent of policies available on the individual insurance market included maternity coverage. One plan offered a maternity rider that cost more...

These degree programs train future human resources professionals to fight for pay equity

“Employers have an interest in ensuring that women can succeed in their companies,” says Emily Martin, vice president for workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center in D.C. “Women are about half the workforce. If you...

The High Court’s High Stakes for Women

Op-Ed by Emily Martin, General Counsel and Vice President for Workplace Justice at NWLC.

Neil Gorsuch Allegedly Said Women Abuse Maternity Leave. That’s A Big Problem.

“The one-sided set of questions focusing on women as mothers is something the Supreme Court has long rejected as unlawful,” Emily Martin, general counsel and vice president for workplace justice at the National Women’s Law...

Former Law Student: Gorsuch Told Class Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternal Leave

The concerns were shared in a letter, posted Sunday evening by the National Employment Lawyers Association and the National Women's Law Center, written by Jennifer Sisk, a 2016 graduate of the University of Colorado Law School....

The Full Circle

According to the National Women’s Law Center, the gap widens when you look at gender and race together, as women of color working full time make from 37 to 46 percent less than white, non-Hispanic...