Jay Asher, author of the popular young adult novel, 13 Reasons Why, is filing a defamation lawsuit against the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Asher, who was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct in 2017, is stating that the original lawsuit against him claimed false accusations and...
The challenges that those in the LGBTQ community face are a constant uphill climb when compared to their straight counterparts. Progress for civil rights equality for LGBTQ members had begun to slow down over the past few decades, which, in turn, has affected their employment and finances. Life for gay,...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is accusing Oracle, a computer technology cooperation, of allegedly withholding $400 million in wages from workers. Women and racially underrepresented employees, including African-American, Latino, and Asian workers, are among those affected. Once hired, these workers were initially paid...
Tuesday, April 2 marks Equal Pay Day throughout the country and promotes the importance and need for the elimination of the gender wage gap. Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey have made strides to close the gap, but while some legislation has passed other proposals remain up in the air or...
Google has long been at the center of gender inequality in the workplace, with a history of press coverage and lawsuits. Late last year, their employees from across the globe staged a protest, with workers claiming that the company avoided dealing with sexual harassment claims against executives. Google has also...
A recent online survey conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill evaluated how many surgeons had experienced sexual harassment in the previous 12 months. The online survey was answered by over 1,000 surgeons and, out of that number, 744 of them were women. Therefore, 18 percent of...