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Working Moms Among The Hardest Hit By Coronavirus Pandemic

About one in five working Americans are employed part-time, and women make up nearly two-thirds of that work force, according to a report from the National Women's Law Center. Part-time workers are the least likely...

Coronavirus To Impact Low-Wage, Black Workers The Most

On Capitol Hill, both Democrats and the White House proposed economic relief measures. President Trump unveiled a proposal for payroll tax cuts through the election and into the end of the year, providing relief for many working...

Child Care Programs Need Coronavirus Funding, Advocates Urge Congress

"Child care is so essential to our economy and central to family well being," Karen Schulman, The National Women's Law Center's (NWLC) child care and early learning research director, tells Romper. "And it is already very vulnerable,...

Even in the #MeToo age, this woman got nowhere trying to fight back against harassment

It can be illegal for employers like Chikara Mochi to fail to protect employees from sexual harassment and then to fire them when they learn of such complaints, said Sunu P. Chandy, legal director for...

Harvey Weinstein Is Convicted of Rape in Case That Sparked #MeToo

#MeToo advocates stress that the movement is about more than the Weinstein trial. “These really brave women have unleashed something that is bigger than anything we could have ever predicted,” said Fatima Goss Graves, the president...

Nondisclosure Agreements Have a Valid Purpose, But They Can Also Be Misused, Experts Say

NDAs have also been used in employment disputes to help resolve or preempt litigation, but since their ability to be weaponized to conceal pervasive sexual harassment was revealed by the #MeToo movement, many in the...