The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the deadline for workers to file a pay-bias complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is 180 days from the date the decision on their pay is made and communicated to them.
One year after graduating college, women working full time earn only 80 percent of what their male counterparts earn, according to a study by the American Association of University Women.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) are reintroducing legislation in both chambers of Congress that would amend the Equal Pay Act, aiming to address the pay gap between men and women.
At the current rate of change, it could take women 47 years to reach parity with men as corporate officers of Fortune 500 companies, according to a study by Catalyst, an organization working to expand opportunities for women at work.
The number of complaints alleging violations of the Equal Pay Act dropped from 970 in 2005 to 663 in 2006, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Census data show that the disparity in median hourly pay between men and women dropped from 21.5 percent five years ago to 18.3 percent in August, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Thirty-five percent of women and eight percent of men say they are paid less than their counterparts of the opposite gender who have similar experience and qualifications, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey.
A worker argued that the method her employer used to determine her salary was
discriminatory because male employees were paid more
for performing the same work.
Ever wonder if your teen is the only one whose career aspiration is to be a circus juggler, and to be paid a million dollars per year for his or her effort? You can find out by reading results from the 2006 Junior Achievement (JA) Interprise Poll on Kids and Careers .
