Employment Rights Content Topic Results
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April 2015
Human Trafficking and Immigration Rights
Publisher(s):This brief report covers topics including barriers to accessing immigration remedies for trafficked persons and increased vulnerability of workers that lack immigration protections. It also outlines recommendations regarding access to legal immigration status.
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- General Material
March 2015
Latinas and the Wage Gap
Publisher(s):This fact sheet details the wage gap for Latinas by state, describes the implications of the wage gap for Latinas, and presents statistics on the public’s overwhelming support for fair pay policies.
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March 2015
African American Women and the Wage Gap
Publisher(s): This fact sheet evidences that even in states with large populations of employed African American women, rampant wage disparities persist – with potentially devastating consequences for African American women and their families.
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February 2015
The Family and Medical Leave Act at 22: 200 Million Reasons to Celebrate and Move Forward
Publisher(s): This report recognizes the achievements of the Family and Medical Leave Act, while addressing a number of gaps that still exist in the law. It also calls for public policy solutions to strengthen and improve the FMLA and address family and work needs.
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January 2015
Create Your Policy
Publisher(s):This tool, available on the “Workplaces Respond” website, will help employers create a workplace policy by guiding employers through a series of questions, offering a choice of model language based on a promising practice (which has the most protective language for employees) or, if applicable, language based on the law in the specific state or locality.
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January 2015
Centering the Teenage “Siren”: Adolescent Workers, Sexual Harassment, and the Legal Construction of Race and Gender
Publisher(s): This law review article explores the issue of sexual harassment and assault of teenaged women in the workforce and how constructions of race and gender contribute to this problem.
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December 2014
State Family and Medical Leave Laws
Publisher(s):This matrix is an alphabetical listing of state laws on family and medical leave. It identifies qualifying employers and the covered type of leave.
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- Training Tools
November 2014
How to Support a Colleague Victim of Domestic or Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This video is part of the "See the Signs, Speak Out" series on starting conversations in the workplace about domestic and sexual violence.
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- General Material
November 2014
Job Applicant Credit Check Laws: Tips for Job Applicants and Employees
Publisher(s):What questions may be asked about your background; use of background reports; what to do if the employer finds something negative in your background; and where to go for help.
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July 2014
State Law Guide: Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Policies
Publisher(s):This document is an alphabetical listing of states and counties that have adopted DV workplace policies. States with model policies for private businesses are included. Live links to laws, executive orders, and bills are contained within the document.
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January 2014
Bridging The Gap: Increasing Financial Stability For Low-Wage Workers
Publisher(s):This toolkit was designed to assist nonprofit human service organizations help their low-wage, frontline employees access work supports. The work supports to which this toolkit refers are government programs that help low-income working families make ends meet by providing financial or in-kind assistance.
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January 2014
Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Workplace
Publisher(s): This fact sheet includes information on the impact of domestic and sexual violence on the workplace, why workplace protections are necessary, how the law protects victims, paid family leave, and domestic violence and unemployment insurance.