“The gender wage gap has not changed in a statistically significant way for over a decade,” Jessica Stender of Equal Rights Advocates testified at a recent hearing on the EEOC proposal in Washington, D.C. “It is therefore critical that the agencies charged with enforcing equal [...]

By Niharika Sharma Going by current trends, around 400 million jobs will be needed for women alone in the coming years. Female workers will also be the worst hit by emerging technologies. “Women hold most of the administrative and data-processing roles that artificial intelligence and other [...]

Transparency about salaries can make workplaces more equitable, especially for women and people of color. Why are so few Americans willing to open up? By Susan Dominus The National Labor Relations Act, passed in 1935, has long been interpreted to guarantee that even nonunion employees have [...]

By Whitney E. Akers Inability to take paid sick days is tied to past outbreaks Past outbreaks can give us a clue into how sick day policies can fuel the rapid spread of viruses. During the outbreak of H1N1 swine flu in 2009, an estimated 8 [...]

By Allison Dulin Salisbury The [Rise Prize], totalling $1M, is funded by Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group, and Lumina Foundation. It is designed to support creative, impact-driven organizations of all types in designing new tools, programs, and initiatives to help student parents [...]

By Leilani Carver-Madalon, Opinion Contributor Let’s begin with the persisting pay gap. You may have heard that women, in general, earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, but there are problems with this widely cited figure. First, it doesn’t account for the experience [...]