Posted April 28th, 2016. U.S. District Court Certifies Female Sales Representatives’ Nationwide Equal Pay Act Class Suit Against Pharma Behemoth Merck & Co., Inc. New York, April 28, 2016—The women in Smith et al. v. Merck & Co., Inc., 3:13-cv-02970 (D.N.J.), a $250 million gender bias class action, scored another victory on Wednesday, when Judge Michael A. Shipp of the U.S. District…
As my due date (and belly) loom larger in my third trimester, I have been spending more and more time on activities that can be done from the comfort of my couch. While I regularly rotate through NPR, the NY Times, and This American Life for news and entertainment, during this sedentary time I have been enjoying more content created…
If it wasn’t clear from my prior posts on this, I’ll make it clear now: #ImWithHer. With that out of the way… Discussions surrounding a particular question have been circulating on my social media feeds and at my office: should Bernie drop out? As someone who is closely aligned ideologically with Bernie (and with Hillary – they aren’t that different…
Posted April 20th, 2016. April 20, 2016, Santa Monica, CA — The California-based Foundation for Advocacy Inclusion and Resources (FAIR) today announced that Amelia Alvarez, the 2015-2016 Sanford Heisler Kimpel Public Interest Diversity Fellow, will serve the second term of the Fellowship year at Alexander, Krakow + Glick, a member of the California Employment Lawyer’s Association (CELA) and a firm…
If you’ve been on social media today, you probably know that it’s Equal Pay Day. Congratulations, ladies: we’re trending on Twitter (far ahead of #NationalGrilledCheeseDay). And now that we’re a solid four months into 2016, the average woman’s earnings have finally caught up to what the average man made…in 2015. If you’re anything like me, you’ve heard the oft-repeated statistic:…
Bernie Sanders has been garnering national media attention with his plans to offer free tuition at public colleges and universities. It’s an idea worthy of debate, although I am not entirely convinced at this point. For example, I am not sure that I understand the societal benefits of guaranteeing free college to, say, Barron Trump. But at least Bernie Sanders…
A new report released by the McKinsey Global Institute explains that reducing gender inequality in America would net trillions of dollars in terms of GDP. The headlines in major news outlets read, “There’s a $2 Trillion GDP Boost in Shrinking the U.S. Gender Gap.” But the $2.1 trillion dollar figure is just part of the overall economic opportunity presented by advancing women’s…
Last month, I wrote about how gender bias in job descriptions can dissuade women from applying for positions. Not surprisingly, bias infects later stages of the hiring process as well. Numerous studies have demonstrated that gender and racial biases can dramatically affect how employers assess candidates’ application materials, leading employers to favor white, male applicants over equally qualified women and people of…
On October 29, 2015, through an announcement by its news agency Xinhua, China officially ended its decades-old one-child policy, allowing all married couples to have two children. Though the decision was widely praised by the international media as a significant step of humanity that China has undertaken, not the entire general public in China is thrilled by it, especially not…