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Obama Administration Announces Final Rules on Equal Pay and Paid Sick Days   (Washington, D.C.)  Today’s two White House announcements will help improve equal pay laws and expand workers’ access to paid sick days. The Equal Employment…

More than 1 in 5 young Millennial women (ages 18-24) were poor in 2015   (Washington, D.C.)  Despite some substantial improvements on poverty, wages and health insurance for millions of Americans—nearly 17 million women lived in…

(Washington, D.C.) The Department of Labor and the General Services Administration released final regulations implementing President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order earlier today. The executive order and the implementing regulations will help ensure…

(Washington D.C.) A new report released today by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) reveals various exclusions in health insurance plans from more than 100 insurers in 16 states that particularly affect women’s health and economic…

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-3 decision, in favor of Whole Woman’s Health, overturning Texas’s clinic shutdown law, known as H.B. 2, which imposes medically unnecessary, burdensome requirements on abortion…

The following is a statement by Fatima Goss Graves, NWLC Senior Vice President for Program: “Today’s decision is a win for all women and men on our nation’s college campuses. The Court has recognized the value…

(Washington D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released an interactive map that examines which states at risk of the Zika virus provide access to key reproductive health and workplace protections to help women manage…

(Annapolis, MD) Today, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed into law the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The following is a statement from Emily Martin, General Counsel and Vice President for Workplace Justice at the National…

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the Department of Labor (DOL) released final regulations that will extend time and a half overtime pay to millions of workers by updating the salary threshold for the overtime exemption. This threshold has been…

The following is a statement by Gretchen Borchelt, Vice President for Reproductive Rights and Health at the National Women’s Law Center: “We are disappointed that the Court did not resolve once and for all whether the…

(Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations interpreting and implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination in health care programs or activities receiving…

(Washington, D.C.) Today the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released guidance clarifying that Title IX, the law that bans sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, bars discrimination on the basis of gender…