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Essential Workers Have the Right to Protest Unsafe Conditions In the midst of the pandemic, we rely on essential workers—healthcare professionals, sanitation workers, grocery store employees, long-haul truckers, transportation employees, warehouse and mail delivery workers, and more—to keep our society afloat. But many of the workers deemed most essential to […]

Which ADA Rights Apply During a Pandemic? In earlier articles, we discussed how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applied to workers’ rights during the COVID-19 epidemic—especially the “reasonable accommodations” requirement for workers considered at high risk. At the time, the picture wasn’t clear—and the best we could do was […]

What Happened—and What’s Next On March 8, 2019, the US Women’s National Soccer Club (USWNSC) filed a lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation (USSF) for equal pay under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as well as the Equal Pay Act. The 28 players bringing the suit claimed the […]

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Forcing Workers to Make Difficult Choices In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of workers throughout the US are being asked to make a difficult choice: forego a paycheck, or go to work and risk contracting coronavirus. Personal protective equipment such as N-95 masks, gloves, […]

Paid Leave for American Workers—With Very Broad Exceptions Public health experts agree that all workers who can stay home should stay home. For some, that means working from home. But what about those workers who can’t work from home—and for whom staying home means foregoing a regular paycheck? This situation […]