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Activision: World Of Warcraft Workplace Conjures A Blizzard Of Woe
Activision Blizzard, maker of hit video games World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, is accused of fostering a “pervasive frat boy workplace culture,” that subjects women to harassment, abuse and lower pay, a lawsuit filed by the state of California in June 2021. The corporate cultures of video game makers have had a bad […]
Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary July 26, 2021
26/07/2021 Comments Off on Americans With Disabilities Act Anniversary July 26, 2021
The Americans With Disabilities Act Turns 31 Today. On July 26, 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications, and state and local government services. This Facts for Features provides a demographic snapshot of the […]
Continue reading …World – Randstad: Male Job Candidates Favoured Over Women
20/09/2016 Comments Off on World – Randstad: Male Job Candidates Favoured Over Women
By Danny Romero – According to the latest Global Randstad Workmonitor survey for the Q3 2016, a gender bias still exists in the workplace as 70% of respondents indicate that men are favored over women when two candidates equally qualify for the same job at their workplace. However, the Workmonitor also shows that 81% of respondents agree […]
Continue reading …Federal Contractor Rule Prohibits LBGT Discrimination
03/12/2014 Comments Off on Federal Contractor Rule Prohibits LBGT Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a new rule implementing an executive order signed by President Obama in July that prohibits discrimination by federal contractors on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity. July’s executive order was the first federal action ensuring LGBT workplace equality in the private sector. Currently 18 states, the […]
Continue reading …Study Finds Substantial Skills Mismatch In Europe
14/11/2014 Comments Off on Study Finds Substantial Skills Mismatch In Europe
GENEVA (ILO News) – Between 25% and 45% of workers in Europe are either over – or under-qualified for their job, leading to a substantial skills mismatch between supply and demand in the labor market, a new International Labour Organization study says. Covering 24 European countries, the study shows mismatches between workers’ competences and what […]
Continue reading …Making Good On The Promise Of Equal Pay
07/05/2013 Comments Off on Making Good On The Promise Of Equal Pay
By PAMELA COUKOS— Last week, veteran newsman – and father of three daughters – Tom Brokaw published an essay titled “Welcome to the Century of Women.” He talks about the incredible gains women have made in the workforce, politics, media, law, higher education and corporate leadership, but also asks how we can do even more […]
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When President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law in 1963, women were earning an average of 59 cents on the dollar compared to men. While women hold nearly half of today’s jobs, and their earnings account for a significant portion of the household income that sustains the financial wellbeing of their families, they […]
Continue reading …Study: Women’s Pay Is Less Than Men In Every State And Major City
08/04/2013 Comments Off on Study: Women’s Pay Is Less Than Men In Every State And Major CityA new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows the gender-based pay gap hurts women and families in every single U.S. state and all of the nation’s major metropolitan areas. Nationally, women with full-time jobs are paid 77 cents for every dollar paid to men who hold full-time jobs, according to the study conducted by […]
Continue reading …Women, Science And Technology – The Attitude Gap
12/02/2013 Comments Off on Women, Science And Technology – The Attitude Gap
ILO News- Science and technology are advancing at a rapid pace, offering new opportunities in the workplace. Women, however, are in danger of being left behind. And that is a question of attitudes, not aptitudes. “Women tend to be overrepresented in the humanities and social sciences, and underrepresented in science and technology,” says Claude Akpokavie, […]
Continue reading …EEOC: Texas Burger King Franchisee Pays $25,000 For Skirting Religious Issues
24/01/2013 Comments Off on EEOC: Texas Burger King Franchisee Pays $25,000 For Skirting Religious Issues
Dallas-based Fries Restaurant Management, which operates numerous Burger King franchises in Texas, will pay a former employee $25,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC’s lawsuit (Civil Action No. 3:12-CV-3169-M), Ashanti McShan, a member of the Christian Pentecostal Church, adheres to an interpretation […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill