Early last month, amid the ongoing controversy sparked by North Carolina’s anti-transgender legislation, the New York State Assembly passed the Gender Expression Nondiscrimination Act (GENDA). The Act aims to protect New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, education, and employment based on their gender identity or expression. Presently, both New York and Federal law lack such explicit protections. Yet the need…
Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission said it will pay a former company employee who reported potential securities law violations between $5 million and $6 million — the third-largest award to date under the SEC’s whistleblower program. The tipster at the unnamed company had alerted the SEC to violations of securities law that the SEC had no way of detecting, according…
Nail salons may offer a dose of beauty, glamor, and pampering to their customers. However, by and large, nail salons take on a much uglier look once you scrape away the polished facade and examine the experiences of the largely female, immigrant workforce that toils away there. Last year, the New York Times ran a two–part investigative series that cast a spotlight…
I was happy to meet and talk with Anna Rappaport at a happy hour in the fall about her work as a career coach. I had not worked with a coach before and was curious, as a few of my friends had great things to say about their experiences. I also thought I could improve my efforts to generate business, so I…
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…
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…