The musical group Haim revealed that they fired their booking agent after a pay disparity issue. Allegedly, the members of Haim who are sisters received ten times less than a male artist for a festival in which they both performed. They performed at the festival one step below the male...
Despite the prevalence of news stories about sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace in recent months, a new study indicates that there is still much confusion about how these offenses are defined among leaders in the Department of Defense. The study also indicated that male senior leaders feel...
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the first black woman to oversee the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was responsible for the inclusion of sexual harassment as a form of discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Thanks to Congresswoman Norton and the rise of the #MeToo movement, workers who have experienced...
The #MeToo movement and the subsequent implosion of the careers of major figures in the world of media, entertainment, and politics has made addressing sexual harassment in the workplace a heated topic. If your company or fellow employees are struggling to find the best ways to address this issue, the...
Actor Brendan Fraser states that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) denied the sexual harassment claims that he brought against a member of their organization in 2003. The HFPA, which helms the annual Golden Globes presentations, investigated the claim after Fraser revealed the incident in a magazine last year. Allegedly,...
In April 2018, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that women cannot be paid less than men based on prior salary. The Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco decided unanimously, and its ruling came the day before national Equal Pay Day, which marks how long it takes the average woman...