Nadia Hewka is a supervising attorney in the Employment Law Project of Community Legal Services, where she represents low-income Philadelphia workers in matters such as wage and hour violations, sexual harassment and other discrimination claims, and Family Medical Leave Act violations. She has developed specializations in the rights of immigrant workers, addressing child abuse records as a barrier to employment, and the employment rights of individuals with criminal records.
"One thing we can try to do is to prevent sexual harassment from happening in the first place, before the harm occurs that can leave someone traumatized for life, or excluded from a career."