Posts Tagged ‘Pay Gap’
Ensuring Equal Pay for Moms, Especially Mothers of Color
Moms Equal Pay Day falls on August 15 this year. It marks the point in the year when mothers need to work to catch up with men’s previous year earnings. The date fluctuates each year—in 2022 it was September 8, indicating that some progress has been made. Still, a significant wage gap for working mothers…
Read MoreWhy the Next Equal Pay Case Matters to Every Employer
In May 2023, 2,000 employees of UK retailer Next plc, won the second stage of their equal pay claim. In the second stage of the Next equal pay case, an employment tribunal ruling agreed that the work of its predominantly female sales consultants was of equal value to warehouse jobs occupied by mainly male workers. …
Read MoreJuneteenth: An Ongoing Journey to Freedom & Equality
On June 19th, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger informed enslaved African Americans in Texas that they were free. Today, Juneteenth is a culturally significant day in African American history and was officially declared a federal holiday by President Biden in 2021. Here’s our brief guide to Juneteenth, and its ongoing impact on freedom and…
Read MoreHewlett Packard Enterprise Reaches $8.5 Million Pay Gap Settlement
Computer information technology company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise reached a settlement regarding allegations of pay discrimination late last week. 1,735 female employees who worked at the company’s California offices from 2015 onward will be awarded compensation ranging from $500 to $17,000 each. The amount itself will come down to each individual’s tenure with the company and…
Read MoreBig Mac and Pay Gap Collide in New Index
What if there was a way to understand how your gender and race/ethnicity affect your buying power? With the world’s first, Big Mac Pay Gap Index, you can do just that. The online tool provides a new way of understanding what the pay gap means for you. It does so by showing you how much…
Read MoreThe Pay Gap is Not a Myth
By now, it would seem that most people recognize that gender and racial pay gaps exist, right? Wrong. Trusaic set out to learn how Americans view and understand what’s commonly known as the pay gap and commissioned a poll to mark both Equal Pay Day on March 15 and National Equal Pay Day on April…
Read MoreMen Asked to Pay More at First “Pay Gap Store”
Today we’re pleased to launch the world’s first Pay Gap Store, a new, ground-breaking online store where the prices reflect – and offset – the pay gap in the wider world. The store’s male customers are among those invited to pay higher prices, since U.S. men still earn, on average, 18% more than U.S. women…
Read MoreCanada Pay Equity Act Anticipated to Take Effect This Year
In a landmark effort to ensure that pay equity is both achieved and maintained, the Canadian parliament passed the Pay Equity Act in December of 2018. The Pay Equity Act will create new proactive pay obligations on employers in the public and private sectors. Since 2018, covered organizations have waited for the Act to take…
Read MoreBiden Executive Order on DEI Has Serious Implications for Employers
Employers should take note of an Executive Order related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) made by President Biden on his first day in office. While the order applies only to departments and agencies of the Federal Government, it’s likely to have a far-reaching impact on private-sector employers as well. For context, Executive Order 13985…
Read MoreHow to Prepare for the ESG Reckoning: Three Essential Steps
When two founding members of Bain Capital’s impact investing fund sound the alarm that An ESG Reckoning Is Coming, employers should take note. Michael O’Leary and Warren Valdmanis cover a lot of ground in their new article for the Harvard Business review, from Nikola’s disastrously fake zero-emission semi-truck commercial to Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s…
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