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Philadelphians Have the Right to a Fair Work Week
Philadelphia’s Fair Workweek law guarantees reliable scheduling and compensation for over 130,000 Philadelphia restaurant, retail, and hospitality workers. Since going into effect in 2020, workers have been paid tens of thousands of dollars when their employers...
About Last Night: Victories for Abortion Rights
When the U.S. Supreme Court majority deprived us of our fundamental right to abortion and overturned Roe v. Wade, they justified the unprecedented maneuver by asserting “the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people.” Last night, the people...
How Proposed Changes to ACA Law Could Improve Healthcare for Marginalized People – and Could be Improved Even More
Post authored by Ashka Patel & Jenny Choi On August 4, 2022, the Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Office of Civil Rights proposed to rule change to expand anti-discrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act’s...
Congratulations to Sue Frietsche!
Congratulations to WLP interim co-director Susan J. Frietsche, who was presented the Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award last night at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. The Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award is given each fall in recognition of Mary...
Listen: Oral Arguments at Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Last week, WLP interim co-director Susan J. Frietsche and law professor David S. Cohen presented oral arguments in the case Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Audio has been posted. You can listen to both sides argue...
