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...
Many people must attend off-site meetings, seminars, training sessions, and other events that are related to their work requirements. Workmate attendees may stay in environments far away from home, where there is often alcohol and a more relaxed atmosphere. This could lead, in some cases, to sexual harassment. Those who...
In the ongoing effort by the #MeToo movement and many others to unveil decades of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, John Lasseter, the former head of Pixar and Disney Animation, was fired after allegations of unwanted touching and more. However, despite the allegations of unacceptable behavior, Lasseter has been...
Getting older can be hard for many reasons, but age discrimination in the workplace should not make it harder. Unfortunately, that is not the case for a group of former Farmers Insurance agents. These individuals brought suit to the company due to what they claim is job termination because of...