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The Sexual Harassment Working Group in Albany has proposed legislation that focuses on addressing nondisclosure laws, expanding the protections for legislative employees, and developing trauma-centered statutes of limitations policies.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced legislation on March 17, 2020, creating emergency job protections and paid sick leave for workers affected by COVID-19.

What employers and employees need to know about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, including expansions to the Federal Family Medical Leave Act and provisions for paid sick leave.

There currently is no scientific evidence that COVID-19 creates an increased risk for adverse outcomes for pregnant women. That said, pregnant women may be more susceptible to respiratory infections, including COVID-19, and should practice precautions.

Pay transparency can effectively mitigate salary discrepancies based on race and gender, especially considering that women and minorities are often at the lower end of the pay grade. While publicizing each individual employee’s salary may create unnecessary animosity, reporting pay bands could be a favorable method of promoting a culture of transparency.

Employers and employees have questions about what steps they should be taking to help protect against COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus in the workplace. We have compiled some useful resources to help you understand what actions to take at this time related to work.

In 2018, Governor Cuomo signed a law that banned many NDAs and mandatory arbitration for complaints, but some activists and policymakers argued that the state had focused too narrowly on sexual harassment, and the 2019 laws expanded the 2018 laws to include protections against NDAs in other forms of workplace discrimination.

Sometimes reality is too real for Hollywood and the culture machine, as was demonstrated when ABC and the Academy decided not to air an ad dealing straightforwardly with the reality of postpartum life. The ad for Frida Mom, a retailer in the baby and new mother field, depicted a women confronting in a realistic manner the stress and changes that occur for new mothers.

Alex Berke, an employment lawyer in New York, says she asks men what their goal is when they come to her after being accused of sexual harassment. Will a lawsuit really stop people from talking about them?

New York City's Commission On Human Rights has published new information for freelancers and contractors working in the city.

Who should foot the bill or take responsibility for social reproduction as more women were pressed into the workforce, government or the individual? In the US, the answer was resounding: the individual. And this has had significant consequences for working parents since. By placing the responsibility on the individual, almost always the mother, parents have been in a bind for decades and any "choices" available reside in an astonishingly thin sliver of options constrained by structural inequalities

Two lawsuits were filed against Frontier airlines alleging that the Company required pregnant employees to suspend work duties months before they were scheduled to give birth, forcing employees to use their vacation days in lieu of paid time off, take unpaid maternity leave without Frontier providing alternatives for work, and refuse to accommodate breastfeeding and pregnant workers.