Policy toward gay/lesbian employees is better than it was during the McCarthy era, but advocates say more work needs to be done.

About half of all federal and state workers are female, and even more work at the local level. Why do women join the government ranks?

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Some states have claimed the FMLA doesn't apply to their employees, but the Supreme Court disagrees.

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