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NWLC In The Press

Under the AHCA, heavy periods could once again become a preexisting condition

The Kaiser Family Foundation researchers who have analyzed insurance underwriting data told me that while they never saw sexual assault listed as a factor, they wouldn’t be surprised if underwriters considered that in their price...

The Women Ivanka Ignores

Op-Ed by Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Vice President for Program and President-elect for NWLC

‘What’s your salary?’ becomes a no-no in job interviews

“We know that when employers see some past salary, they’re likely to take that into account” in setting the employee’s starting pay, says Emily Martin, general counsel for the National Women’s Law Center. As a...

Fox News spent decades selling throwback masculinity. O’Reilly’s departure shows that’s bad business.

“Sexual harassment happens in just about every workplace and every industry in this country,” said Maya Raghu, the director of workplace equality for the National Women’s Law Center. “We’re hearing about these cases because they...

Work and politics: What rights do employees have?

“There’s no federal law that broadly protects employees’ political expressions at work,’’ says Emily Martin, general counsel and vice president for workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center. While she says some states offer...

They Marched, Now They’re Running

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, in her confirmation hearings, showed little commitment to protections for transgender students in schools, and made no commitment to continuing Obama-era rules meant to increase reporting of sexual assault at educational...