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Blog Home Care Workers Won the Right to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay—the Trump Administration Wants to Take it Away
News Release Illinois Expands Fair-Hiring Law, Ensuring Private Employers “Ban the Box” July 19, 2014
News Release New Survey Finds California’s “Ban the Box” Law Takes Hold Across the State, Meeting AB 218’s July 1st Deadline July 1, 2014
News Release Unfair Background Checks Shut Out Californians from Fast-Growing Health Care Jobs June 3, 2014
