Jamie Leigh Jones Loses Her Rape Case in Court
The news this week brings a reminder that while mandatory arbitration infringes on employees’ rights to a full trial in court, sometimes a full trial in court is no great shakes either. Jamie Leigh...
View ArticleBloomberg did not discriminate against women by treating new mothers the same...
Article first published as Judge: Bloomberg Did Not Discriminate Against Women on Blogcritics. The judge who ruled that Bloomberg LP did not illegally discriminate against women for taking pregnancy...
View ArticleCourt in Costco Discrimination Case to Employers: Don’t Fight Discrimination
Plaintiffs suing Costco for sex discrimination face another round of litigation thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent dismissal of the Wal-Mart sex discrimination case. Because of the Supreme Court’s...
View ArticleCain’s Alleged Affair Turns Off Voters More Than Sexual Harassment Accusations
Apparently voters don’t mind sexual harassment. A candidate who illegally degrades and even assaults women in the workplace is electable. What voters will not tolerate is a consensual affair. Herman...
View ArticleWomen Don’t Want to Balance Work and Life
Women want more life and less work, and they are willing to sacrifice to get it. Working women tend to value their personal lives more than professional advancement, according to a new survey from More...
View ArticleJudge Rules That Firing Woman Over Pumping Breast Milk Is Not Sex Discrimination
Lactation is not a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and firing someone who wants to pump breast milk is not sex discrimination, according to a federal judge in Texas. This decision...
View ArticleMen Still Earn More Than Women
Men still earn more than women. Men with the same level of education, doing the same job, earn more than their female counterparts. Add to this the pricing discrimination against women that requires...
View ArticleThe Gender Pay Gap Got Smaller – and That’s A Bad Thing
The pay gap between women and men shrank by 1% in 2011 – that’s the good news. The bad news: it’s not because women’s pay increased – it dropped. But men’s pay dropped more. Lowering everyone’s earning...
View ArticleNewcastle Beer Censors “Unattractive” Women
As far as beer commercials are concerned, women might as well be blow-up sex dolls — as long as they’re pretty dolls. But in what looks (at first) like a win for feminism, Newcastle Brown Ale is...
View ArticleIt’s Equal Pay Day. Hard to Believe We Still Need an Equal Pay Day.
Women earn less than 78 cents for every dollar men earn. Weren’t we supposed to be past this by now? Women earn more degrees. Time Magazine says we are soon to be the “richer sex.” There is no...
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