The recent high-profile sexual harassment claims involving Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly and Roger Ailes at Fox News, Uber, and elsewhere are timely reminders about the persistent problem of sexual harassment in workplaces around the country. And this harassment infects all industries, from technology and science to Hollywood and the media to farm workers and retail … Continued
According to a Council of Economic Advisers issue brief about the Gender Gap, “median earnings for a woman working full-time all year in the United States totaled only 79 percent of the median earnings of a man working full-time all year. Phrased differently, she earned 79 cents for every dollar that he earned.” The Equal Pay Act (EPA) is intended to … Continued
A new study by McKinsey & Co. and LeanIn.Org reveals that women remain significantly underrepresented in companies and corporate boardrooms across the county. This glass ceiling and gender gap still exists despite the fact that women have earned more college degrees than men for more than three decades now. As the study’s authors point out: … Continued
In glass ceiling, promotion discrimination, and harassment cases, an important source of information is often the way in which the company has treated other employees. For example, in a race discrimination glass ceiling/promotion discrimination case, if the company has rejected a dozen qualified, African-American candidates for the same high-level position while promoting less qualified white … Continued
A recent paper on the glass ceiling and sexual harassment in the economics field has received a lot of attention. Like many industries, the economics field is still dominated by men. And to dig deeper into some of the reasons why, the paper sought to analyze online conversations on a popular economics forum to see whether … Continued
Earlier this summer, Alexis Berger, a former Senior Vice President, was awarded over $40 million by an arbitrator in her gender employment discrimination case. The defendant is Kargo, which is a mobile advertising firm. As reported by AdWeek, in August 2017, the employer (Kargo) filed a motion in federal court in New York to reduce … Continued
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided earlier this year that, although an employee was subjected to “morally repulsive” comments — like being called a “camel jockey” and “sand ni**er” — he had not suffered a hostile work environment under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The plaintiff recently filed an appeal with … Continued
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the number of female CEO’s among Fortune 500 companies has dwindled to just 5.4% (27 out of 500). This statistic alone helps illustrate the persistent presence of glass ceiling / promotion discrimination within corporate America. Historical context While the number of female CEOs remains troubling low, it … Continued
You’ve filed a promotion discrimination, sexual harassment, or other employment discrimination lawsuit in court, so what happens next? Perhaps the most important, and certainly the most time-consuming, part of a court case is what’s called the discovery period. The information you obtain during discovery will make or break your employment discrimination case. Summarized below are … Continued
You’ve been working in a high-level position with your company for years, and were recently passed over again for a promotion in favor of someone you think is clearly less qualified. But that begs a key question in glass ceiling/promotion discrimination cases: how are you going to show you were better qualified for the job? … Continued
