Pfizer has agreed to pay $2 million in back wages to female employees who were paid less than their male counterparts at their New York City headquarters in an effort to resolve “alleged compensation ...

The federal government employed around 3 million people last year. But by next year’s Equal Pay Day, progress on wage transparency and equity could drop dramatically for the country’s largest employer ...

On January 29, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, legislatively overturning the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S ...

WASHINGTON — Energized by the prospects of a pro-labor president, House Democrats marked the first week of the new Congress Friday by pushing through two bills to help workers, particularly women, who ...

In the heart of Mississippi, a profound economic injustice continues to unfold, mirroring a national crisis that affects millions of American women. Black women, despite standing as the most educated ...

The gender pay gap, a metric of how much more money men make than women, has been steadily shrinking for half a century. But now, it’s starting to widen again. New data released by the U.S. Census ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – More than 300 current and former female physician assistants are suing Michigan Medicine, the health system affiliated with the University of Michigan, over accusations of wage ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Houston ISD on Tuesday, claiming the school system allegedly paid lower wages to female employees than ...

Gender and wage discrimination cases are nothing new for Iowa’s public universities. In December 2024, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Silvia R. Cianzio v. Iowa State University, the State of Iowa, ...

A former lecturer at the College of Law has lost her lawsuit accusing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln of wage discrimination. Patricia Knapp failed to establish a case, Douglas County District ...