On October 11, the provision of the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act eliminating the double– taxation of attorneys’ fees in employment and civil rights cases is passed by Congress as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. It is enacted into law on October 22.

The Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act is introduced in the Senate for the first time by Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) and reintroduced in the House. NELA holds its first national Lobby Day and lobbies Congress to support this important piece of legislation.

NELA ushers in the first election of NELA’s Executive Board by NELA members.

NELA expands its campaign to oppose binding mandatory arbitration of employment claims in the securities industry by challenging pre-dispute mandatory arbitration imposed on workers as a condition of employment or continued employment

NELA conducts a public education campaign to build awareness in Congress about the injustices of compulsory arbitration of employment claims in the securities industry

PELA lobbies Congress to pass stronger protections for whistleblowers in the Environmental Health & Safety Whistleblower Protection Act

PELA files its first amicus curiae brief, Harbison-Walker Refractories v. Brieck (U.S. Supreme Court, 1987)

PELA lobbies Congress to support an amendment to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to eliminate the mandatory retirement age of 70, and to oppose amendments that would abolish the right to a jury trial and liquidated damages for willful violations of the ADEA.