Did you know that Tuesday April 10 was Equal Pay Day? Equal Pay Day came into being in 1996 to raise public awareness of the difference between men’s and women’s pay. I’ll come back to this point shortly. Today I want to talk (or, more appropriately, write) to you about the subject of salary history […]
What We Can Learn from Discrimination Claims Against Uber…
Last week we began focusing on Uber, and its recent legal woes. You can find that post here. I touched on four key areas. Let’s focus on the first one, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims. While I’ve written about these issues before, apparently there are still enough employers who could stand to learn to appreciate the […]
New Developments on the Equal Pay Front
I know I just wrote about pay discrimination two weeks ago. You can find that post here. So why are we back on that topic now? Well, I mentioned last time that the issue is not going away, and I meant it! The EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have joined […]
Should You Be Concerned About Pay Discrimination Claims?
Could pay equity really still be an issue, now, in the year 2017, with all the talk and awareness about diversity and discrimination? could pay equity still be an issue? Yep. Don’t take my word for it, though. Several major settlements or pending lawsuits say otherwise. Read on and you will see for yourself. (image […]
Wal-Mart After Dukes: Still Courting Disaster?
According to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s, dissenting opinion in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes 564 U.S. ____ (2011) women hold 70% of all hourly jobs at Wal-Mart. You would think then, that Wal-Mart would be sure to treat its female employees well. Wal-Mart has asserted that it has “strong policies against discrimination”, and that certain gender discrimination […]