IBM, DuPont, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company are among the top 30 companies for executive women, according to an annual ranking by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE).
A national poll conducted by the Gallup Organization reports that 15 percent of all workers perceived they had been subjected to discriminatory treatment. One third (33 percent) of all respondents who believed they had been treated unfairly said it was in the area of workplace promotions, and almost nearly as many felt they had been discriminated against in terms of pay (29 percent).
If you're a young female college grad, the American Association of University
Women (AAUW) has some good news and some bad news for you. The good news: College-educated
women typically earn about 80 percent more than women who have only completed
high school. The bad news: The fact that you have a college degree still doesn't
mean you can expect to earn as much as your male classmates.
Boeing Co. will pay a $72.5 million settlement to be shared among some 17,960
female employees who joined a class action suit alleging gender discrimination.
Women would be empowered to negotiate for equal pay, employers would benefit from strong incentives to obey equal pay laws, and federal outreach and enforcement efforts would be strengthened under legislation recently introduced by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
Women who worked full-time, year-round earned 76 cents for every dollar earned
by their male peers in 2003, down from 77 cents in 2002, according to a survey
by the National Association for Female Executives.
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has proposed guidelines to help federal contractors determine existing
gender, race, or ethnic based disparities in compensation.
Wachovia Corporation, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay
$5.5 million to settle Department of Labor allegations that the company discriminated
against 2,021 current and former female employees in its compensation practices.
The Wall Street investment house Morgan Stanley agreed Monday to a whopping
$54 million settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit brought against it by
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of female
employees who believed they had been illegally passed over for pay raises and
promotions.
