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Action Alert: Stop PA From Cutting the Safety Net for Women Recovering from Addiction
The Women’s Law Project strongly opposes House Bill 129, legislation that would impose a lifetime ban on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance for any Pennsylvanian with an addiction that led to a drug-related felony conviction or guilty plea. TANF...
Victory: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Rights of Transgender Students
This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that upheld a Pennsylvania school district’s policy that permits transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. Court...
City of Philadelphia Still Fighting The Chamber of Commerce’s Effort to Block Equal Pay Law
Both the City of Philadelphia and the Chamber of Commerce are appealing a federal judge's recent ruling on a prior-wage equal pay ordinance signed into law by Mayor Jim Kenney in January 2017. As we told you back in early May, a U.S. District Court for the Eastern...
WLP Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court Guts Workers’ Rights
In Epic Systems Corp v. Lewis, a 5-4 decision issued on May 21, 2018 (PDF), the United States Supreme Court held that employer-imposed mandatory arbitration clauses that prevent employees from filing class actions in court are enforceable. This decision, written by...
Victory: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Rights of Transgender Students
This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that upheld a Pennsylvania school district’s policy that permits transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity. Court...
