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Jul 15, 2014 |
The EEOC’s guidance is a “long-awaited” and “much needed” measure that clarifies pregnant workers’ rights under the PDA and the ADA, said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families in Washington.
Jul 15, 2014 |
Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, called the new guidelines “a powerful tool in the effort to eradicate the unlawful and unequal treatment of pregnant women in the workplace.”
Jul 14, 2014 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jul 14, 2014 |
“Politics are taking over our exam rooms and that is a dangerous, disturbing trend,” the National Partnership’s president, Debra L. Ness, noted in a statement released to coincide with the new findings. “More and more, lawmakers across the country are enacting laws that mandate how health care providers must practice medicine.”
Jul 14, 2014 |
A new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families explores the common anti-choice restrictions that are forcing doctors to choose between following the law and doing what they know is best for their patients.
Jul 14, 2014 |
“In 1985, Congress passed a law that gave state and municipal employees this flexibility, but today still denies that same privilege to the entire private sector. That’s not right.” But that move was to cut costs for government, not provide workers with more freedom, Judith Lichtman of the National Partnership for Women And Families told the AP.
Jul 14, 2014 |
33 States Have Enacted Laws that Mandate How Doctors Practice Medicine and Interfere with Relationship Between Women and Their Health Care Providers
Jul 9, 2014 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Jul 8, 2014 |
“I like the two tracks a lot, it’s reflective of the reality while keeping the foot on the pedal,” said Christine Bechtel, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, during a discussion preceding the vote.
Jul 7, 2014 |
Following up on its 2005 and 2012 reports, The National Partnership for Women & Families has released the third edition of “Expecting Better,” a state-by-state analysis of all the laws (or lack thereof) that support working moms and dads during pregnancy and after birth.
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