Today is being observed as Equal Pay Day (the point in 2008 when the average woman’s wages finally catch up with what the average man earned in 2007). As ceremonious as it may sound, its apt to look at the statistics once again with hope and protest. Women in the US, working full-time, year-round earn [...]
Archive for April, 2008
On Equal Pay Day
Addressing the glaring inequalities on Equal Pay Day, and highlighting the need for immediate and effective legislation to ensure fair pay, Jack Tuckner, Esq., testified at the NYC Councli on the Need for Gender Pay Equity Legislation yesterday: I’m Jack Tuckner, of Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, Women’s Rights in the Workplace Advocates. We [...]
Blog for Fair Pay Day
The blog entry can be found here.
Working Wounded: Confronting Sexual Harassment
BOB ROSNER for ABC News asks to Keep Detailed Records and Don’t Be Afraid to Make a Scene Dear WOUNDED: A co-worker says offensive things to me daily. I just don’t know how to shut him up. ANSWER: Harassment shouldn’t be in anyone’s job description. But before we offer strategies to address harassment, we want [...]
Weight discrimination common, U.S. survey finds
How common is weight discrimination? Very, as a recent survey finds: Amy Norton writes for Reuters Health – Discrimination against the overweight may be about as prevalent as racial discrimination, the results of a survey of U.S. adults suggest. Using data from a survey of nearly 2,300 Americans, researchers at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut [...]
HRC leader stands by non-inclusive ENDA decision
‘Learned the degree of pain’ from community Todd A. Heywood writes for Between The Lines News – Issue 1615 Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington D.C., told BTL last week that he and his organization stood by their decision to support a non-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act bill on the House floor, [...]
Pregnancy, Your Weight, and Your Job
Very informative, and authoritative. Deborah Kotz writes about Pregnancy, Your Weight, and Your Job on US News Are you planning to get pregnant in the near future? How would I have responded if my prospective boss had asked me this some 13 years ago during a job interview for a medical journal? I did, in [...]
Whoopi Goldberg on pregnant transgender man: ‘Uncharted waters’
PageOneQ quotes Whoopi Goldberg on pregnant transgender man “I found them very sweet and naïve,” veteran anchor Barbara Walters says of the Beatie couple, currently expecting a child. “The greatest threat to them,” Walters adds, “is that their marriage could be taken away.” Thomas Beatie, a transgender man, recently talked with Oprah Winfrey about his [...]
Toyota to pay $202,000 to settle race discrimination suit
Toyota of Bowie will pay a total of $202,000 to two black men from Landover and Silver Spring to settle a race discrimination suit, said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday. The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in 2005, alleges that Charles Dyer of Silver Spring was not hired for the position of sales manager [...]
The Price for Fair Pay
By Samantha Mc Lane Equal Pay Day is a movement that aims for the benefit of all working women in the United States without exception. However, as incredible as it is that gender inequity still persists in this century, inequity and differences remain between races, national origin and legal status. The statistics say it: Latinas [...]