Special November-December Wrap Up!

by | Dec 30, 2014 | Health Care, Health insurance, Medicaid, PA Legislature, pregnancy discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant workers fairness, Rape, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Assault, women voting, Women's health

By Tara Murtha, WLP Staff Welcome to a special end-of-the-year, double-month wrap-up. It’s been a bit, but hmm, what happened in November? Oh, right: Pennsylvanians broke from a sixty-year state history and national trend to elect a new governor into office in...

Slow & Uneven Progress: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act at 35

by | Oct 31, 2013 | Congress, Economic Justice, economic security, Employment, Philadelphia City Council, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant workers fairness

By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney Thirty-five years ago today, President Carter signed into law the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law superseded the U.S. Supreme Court’s misguided decisions in...

Philadelphia Can Protect Pregnant Workers from Discrimination

by | Oct 4, 2013 | Gender Discrimination, Philadelphia City Council, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant workers fairness, Sex Discrimination, working women

By Amal Bass, WLP Staff Attorney On October 3, 2013, Philadelphia City Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, and Councilmember Bass introduced legislation that, if passed, will protect pregnant women who work in Philadelphia from discrimination in the...
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