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Posted January 25th, 2012 by Thao Nguyen
By Anita Youngkin, Director of Human Resources, National Women’s Law Center Over the years I’ve worked with some leaders/employees who suggested, some more strongly, that we base employment related decisions such as hiring, promotion, benefits, terminations, etc. on an employee’s health. One such manager who had fortunately always been healthy and hadn’t been impacted by [...]
Posted January 24th, 2012 by Thao Nguyen
This is what I remember about the Lunar New Year as a child: I got to stay up late to go to temple, people gave me money in red envelopes for no other reason than I was a kid, and a week of endless buffets with relatives. As an adult, this holiday has taken on [...]
Posted January 10th, 2012 by Thao Nguyen
Imagine my shock, when I recently found out that not everyone reads our blog. I will give you a moment to recover from this astounding revelation (person who religiously reads our blog). For the very few of you that don’t always read our blog, let me give you some insight into one of the many [...]
Posted December 14th, 2011 by Thao Nguyen
It’s not hard to understand why the recent announcement that 2.5 million young adults have gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act is a big deal (this large gain is due to a provision in the law that went into effect on September 23, 2010 and allows adult children without access to job-based coverage the [...]
Posted November 22nd, 2011 by Thao Nguyen
By Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center Forty years ago today, for the first time in its history, the Supreme Court held that a law that discriminated against women violated the Constitution. In Reed v. Reed, a unanimous Court struck down an Idaho law requiring the automatic preference of a man over a [...]
Posted October 11th, 2011 by Thao Nguyen
Greater protections against insurance company abuses: NO MORE RESCISSIONS: Insurance companies are prohibited from dropping your coverage if you become sick. NO MORE LIFETIME LIMITS: Insurance companies are prohibited from limiting the amount of money they will pay for your benefits over your lifetime. NO MORE ANNUAL CAPS: Insurance companies are prohibited from limiting the [...]
Posted October 4th, 2011 by Thao Nguyen
By Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center Yesterday, the Senate confirmed six judicial nominees, four of whom were women: Nannette Jolivette Brown to the Eastern District of Louisiana, Nancy Torresen to the District of Maine, Marina Garcia Marmolejo to the Southern District of Texas, and Jennifer Guerin Zipps to the District of Arizona. [...]
Posted September 13th, 2011 by Thao Nguyen
by Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center The Census Bureau just released new data on poverty in the U.S. in 2010. Though 2010 marked the first full year of the recovery that began when the recession officially ended in June 2009, the number of Americans living in poverty increased last year: the overall [...]
Posted December 9th, 2010 by Thao Nguyen
By Danielle Garrett, Policy Fellow If you’ve been reading our blog, you’ve probably heard how excited we are about releasing the 2010 edition of Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card. Hopefully, we’ve sparked your curiosity and you’re wondering what the Report Card’s findings are. While the Report Card shows [...]
Posted December 7th, 2010 by Thao Nguyen
by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights On Thursday, we’ll be releasing the 2010 edition of Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card, the fifth women’s health report card in a decade-long series assessing the overall health of women at the national and state levels. When NWLC [...]
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