Recent changes to the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) now require employers to share the wage scale or salary range in all job postings, as well as a description of benefits offered to job seekers. In addition, employers are prohibited from asking a job candidate for their salary ...
Charlotte E. Ray defied overwhelming racial prejudice and sexism in 19th-century America to become the first practicing African-American female lawyer in the United States. Her story is a testament to how civil rights activism and education paved the way for Black Americans to become pioneers and ...
It should come as no surprise that harassment and discrimination in the workplace are illegal. But reporting the unwanted treatment, let alone hiring a lawyer to fight back, can be emotionally exhausting and puts your career at risk. In the worst-case scenario, a superior who’s harassing or disc...
Across the U.S., the majority of women earn less than men. But 25 cities actually defy that trend.
In Inglewood, California, for example, women make $1.20 for every dollar their male counterpart earns according to a new analysis of full-time median income by the finance website NerdWallet. That's...
While some improvements in gender inequality have been made in the past decades, the unacceptable fact remains that women are paid much less, on average, than men. This is true even when women perform the exact same jobs. However, the gender pay gap varies considerably for workers in different c...