On June 12th, 2023, Legal Momentum submitted a comment to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on its proposed rule on advancing pay equity in governmentwide pay systems.
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Today, women in the workforce, especially women of color, continue to face high rates of pay discrimination, which can follow them throughout their lives. Not only are women paid less for doing the same work as men, women are typically segregated into lower-wage jobs where they face higher rates of workplace violations, including sexual harassment and wage theft. While pay discrimination can sometimes be difficult to identify, New York has passed a series of laws that workers can use to challenge unequal pay.
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On May 15th, 2023, Legal Momentum submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights supporting unequivocally, and without restriction, the right of transgender, nonbinary and intersex students to participate in school sports consistent with their gender identity.
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Memorandum in Support of AB 1094 (Wicks) Consent and Reproductive Equity (CARE) for Families Act
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Relates to prohibiting drug or alcohol testing and screening of pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns
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Letter submitted by Legal Momentum with signatures from 39 national and New York State women's community organizations in support of the Raise Up New York minimum wage package (S1978A/A2204). The bill would raise and index the minimum wage across New York State.
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Legal Momentum submitted written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28, 2023 in full support of SJ Res 4 and affirmation of the Equal Rights Amendment’s validity.
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Our 2023 Action Agenda outlines the six key legislative priorities on which we believe we can achieve progress and on which we will focus our advocacy resources throughout the coming year: • Advancing pay equity through pay transparency • Increasing women’s economic security by increasing the minimum wage • Ensuring equality under state and Federal constitutions • Ending nonconsensual drug-testing of pregnant patients • Ensuring enforcement of Title IX for all students • Expanding employment protections for survivors
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Seher Khawaja, Deputy Legal Director and Senior Attorney for Economic Empowerment at Legal Momentum, provided expert testimony at the New York Department of Labor panel on the impact of COVID-19 on women in the workforce. The testimony highlighted three critical priorities: (1) uplifting the disproportionate number of women in low-wage work; (2) addressing the harms of unpaid and underpaid care work; and (3) meaningfully advancing pay transparency. Read the full testimony below:
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In taking a closer look at the dress codes enforced in K-12 schools, we see that the sort of clothing and grooming standards focused on, and who is being disciplined for violating these policies, demonstrate that most are rooted in and perpetuate biases and stereotypes about gender and race. Gendered dress codes and disproportionate discipline for dress code violations deprive students—in particular girls, students of color and LGBTQ+ students—of classroom instruction and harm their social and emotional development, setting them on a course with negative consequences potentially for their l
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On September 29th, Legal Momentum submitted a public comment to the Department of Health and Human Services in support of the proposed rule (NPRM) regarding Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). As an organization committed to upholding the civil rights of all persons, we strongly applaud the NPRM provisions which seek to expand protections for women, people experiencing pregnancy and related conditions, individuals with limited English proficiency, LGBTQI+ persons, and persons with disabilities and chronic conditions.