"When San Francisco four years ago became the first city in the country to require employers to offer paid sick leave to their employees, it was considered controversial because of the host of unknowns that came alongside: Would employees abuse the privilege? Would it cost [...]

" San Francisco's 4-year-old, mandatory sick-leave law has gained wide acceptance among employees and their bosses, a new study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research says. The voter-approved law, the only one of its kind in California, gives workers one hour of paid sick [...]

"Here it is 2011, and equality has yet to be fully achieved. Though women make up half of the workforce, they continue to earn far less than their male counterparts. Specifically, African American women earned about 62 cents for every dollar white men made in [...]