On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn the transgender and gender non-conforming people who have been killed in 2020. As we remember these remarkable individuals, we also condemn the sweeping discrimination and violence facing the transgender community and Black and Latinx transgender women in particular. With the memories of those we have lost in mind,… Continue reading Say Their Names: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
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Today is Latina Equal Pay Day!
Today, October 29, 2020, is Latina Equal Pay Day. This date marks the day when Latinas will have finally earned the same amount of money that a white man would have earned last year. Because a Latina woman earns just 54.5 cents on every dollar a white man earns, it takes a Latina woman 671… Continue reading Today is Latina Equal Pay Day!
Honoring Intersex Awareness Day
Today, October 26, is Intersex Awareness Day. People who are intersex are born with variations in their sex traits or reproductive anatomy or develop variations at some point in their lives. The day commemorates a demonstration in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics on October 26, 1996, the first known… Continue reading Honoring Intersex Awareness Day
California’s Expansion of Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave under SB 1383: 5 Things Workers Should Know
In a major victory for California’s working families, Governor Newsom recently signed SB 1383, which expands the California Family Rights Act to cover smaller employers and will ensure that millions of Californians can now access Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance benefits without risking their jobs. Below are five key things that every worker… Continue reading California’s Expansion of Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave under SB 1383: 5 Things Workers Should Know
New Chatbot Explains Workers’ Rights to Leave and Pay During COVID-19
Legal Aid at Work and Generation Spark are happy to introduce a new tool: “Advokat,” an AI-powered computer chatbot program that can help workers determine how they can keep their jobs and income when they are unable to work during the pandemic. The COVID-19 health crisis has caused many California workers to ask, “Can I… Continue reading New Chatbot Explains Workers’ Rights to Leave and Pay During COVID-19
Governor Newsom Signs Historic Family and Medical Leave Expansion Bill
We are thrilled to announce that Governor Newsom signed SB 1383, authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and championed by Legal Aid at Work. SB 1383 amends our state’s job-protected family and medical leave law, the California Family Rights Act, to cover all employers with 5 or more employees (down from 50) and aligns the definition… Continue reading Governor Newsom Signs Historic Family and Medical Leave Expansion Bill
Statement on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by LAAW President Joan Graff
As we mourn, with deep sadness, the death of our heroine Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the loss of her passionate voice and inspiration we can think of her humble comment: “I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of… Continue reading Statement on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by LAAW President Joan Graff
Don’t Let Gender Inequity Come Back to School
Virtually every article about re-opening school sports these days concentrates on whether, when, and how to offer boys’ football and other boys’ sports in the midst of the pandemic. Typical headline: Oregon high school fall sports, including football, delayed until spring. Yet, at last count, there were nearly eight million high school athletes (girls and… Continue reading Don’t Let Gender Inequity Come Back to School
Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day!
Today, August 13, 2020, is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The date was chosen because today, 225 days after the first of the year, Black women have finally earned the same amount of pay that white men earned in 2019. It has taken Black women 590 days to earn what white men earned in 365… Continue reading Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day!