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May
The Motherhood Penalty: How Gender Discrimination Affects Working Moms
Despite significant progress in recent decades, gender discrimination remains a pervasive issue in workplaces across the United States. This problem is particularly pronounced for working mothers, who often face the "Motherhood Penalty"—a term that encompasses the various ways...
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May
Protections for Women in the Workplace
So there are certain protections that you have as a pregnant employee that it depends on the size of your employer the types of protections that you have and whether or not you have any type of pregnancy-related disabilities. You are considered and recognized as being disabled as...
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May
Why Is There a Gender Pay Gap?
Why do women sometimes get paid less than men for the same work? In this video, California employment lawyer Douglas Silverstein discusses the possible reasons for the gender pay gap and discusses his history handling Equal Pay Act claims. For more information, call (310)...
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May
Will This New Law Help Lower the Gender Pay Gap?
A new law, the salary privacy bill, seeks to narrow the gender pay gap by forbidding employers from asking applicants about their previous salaries and benefits. The bill was signed into law on October 12, 2017 and takes effect on January 1, 2018. The law does not prevent appl...
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May
New California Employment Law Could Protect Women Who Use Birth Control
A new bill passed in September will make it so that employers cannot take action against workers that make reproductive health decisions the employers disagree with. The bill, the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act (RHNDA), protects workers who elect to use birth contr...
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May
Can Dating My Co-Worker Lead to Gender Discrimination?
In 2015, Ellen Pao lost a gender discrimination trial against the Silicon Valley venture firm where she worked as a senior partner. Recently, Pao spoke with Business Insider regarding the incidents that led to her filing a gender discrimination claim, most notably an a...
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May
Are Women Who Work at Google Suffering Discrimination?
Tech businesses in Silicon Valley have been under fire in recent years due to claims that their female employees face hostile work environments, including harassment and discrimination. We recently explored this topic when we blogged about an anti-diversity memo that a forme...
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May
What Should I Do If I’m the Victim of Gender Discrimination?
Recently, Science magazine reported on a story involving two scientists who are suing the Salk Institute for Biological Studies for gender discrimination. The Salk Institute is located in San Diego, California. Jonas Salk founded the Salk Institute 57 years ago. He...
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May
Tesla Factory Reported as a ‘Predator Zone’ by Female Workers
The Tesla manufacturing facility in Fremont, CA makes some of the most cutting-edge automobiles in the world. Unfortunately, it has also been cited for alleged sexual harassment. Described as being a “predator zone” by a former female engineer, the factory was cited for having...
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May
What If Your Workplace Holds Women to A “Double Standard?”
A female employee of the mobile advertising company, Kargo, recently won $40 million in a lawsuit against the company for several claims. According to the lawsuit, she was the victim of gender discrimination, wage discrimination, breach of employment contract, and wrongful ter...
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