Working Equal http://www.workingequal.com Community for Women to Discuss & Report Workplace Inequality Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:35:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Company release Women in the Workplace 2019 http://www.workingequal.com/2019/10/15/leanin-org-and-mckinsey-company-release-women-in-the-workplace-report/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 21:34:08 +0000 https://www.workingequal.com/?p=4658 This detailed report provides data on several issues impacting gender equality in the workplace. Specifically, they have identified an issue that is at the core of the problem – the broken rung. They found that women are not being promoted at the same rates to manager as men, which is issue that impacts a woman throughout her career. Some of the interesting facts from the study include:

  • About 1 in 5 C-suite executives is a woman—and only 1 in 25 C-suite executives is a woman of color.
  • Women are not leaving their companies at higher rates than men.
  • While women are breaking the glass ceiling, the broken rung remains a problem. For every 100 men
    promoted and hired to manager, only 72 women are promoted and hired.
  • Black women and Latinas are more likely to be held back by the broken rung. For every 100 entry-level men who are promoted
    to manager, just 68 Latinas and 58 Black women are promoted.

Read the full study here: https://womenintheworkplace.com/

]]> WeWork Being Sued for Age and Gender Discrimination http://www.workingequal.com/2019/06/21/wework-being-sued-for-age-and-gender-discrimination/ Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:17:17 +0000 https://www.workingequal.com/?p=3914 WeWork Cos is being sued in two separate discrimination lawsuits. Lisa Bridges, a former HR executive wi, said in a complaint filed in state court in New York that men were given higher compensation packages than women and that the company took actions against her when she brought the issue to light.

Another lawsuit was filed by Richard Markel, a former VP of Construction, in California state court alleging that he was the victim of age discrimination when he was replaced by someone 20 years younger.

Read the full article:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-wework-executives-allege-gender-age-discrimination-11561082242

]]> Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace http://www.workingequal.com/2019/06/16/gender-identity-and-sexual-orientation-discrimination-in-the-workplace/ Sun, 16 Jun 2019 20:12:43 +0000 https://www.workingequal.com/?p=3897 This 2014 report provides a detailed discussion of the impact of discrimination on LGBTQ employees and how widespread discrimination is, despite there being no evidence that gender identity or sexual orientation has any impact on performance.

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9qs0n354

]]> US Woman’s Soccer Fights to End the Pay Gap for Women Athletes http://www.workingequal.com/2019/06/12/us-womans-soccer-fights-to-end-the-pay-gap-for-women-athletes/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:24:56 +0000 http://www.workingequal.com/?p=3881 Despite being the most successful women’s soccer team in history and being more successful that the men’s team, the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) is paid significantly less. IN 2016, the USWNT filed a complaint with the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission alleging that they were paid significantly less than their male counterparts. US Soccer claims that the work that the women and men do is “different work” which is why they are not paid similarly.

The history of the case has a lot of parallels to women in other fields and also leads the way for other female athletes experiencing similar discrimination.

The following article by Bridget Gorden at SB Nation provides an extraordinary discussion of the history of the case and the factors that lead to the discrimination that the USWNT is currently fighting against.

https://www.sbnation.com/2019/6/7/18653950/uswnt-pay-equality-lawsuit-gender-discrimination-us-soccer

]]> Only 4.9% of CEO Roles Are Held by Women http://www.workingequal.com/2018/12/11/only-4-9-of-ceo-roles-are-held-by-women/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:06:38 +0000 http://www.workingequal.com/?p=3820 Women continue to have trouble getting placed into top leadership roles. Across all countries, only 4.9% of CEOs are women and in the U.S. only 6,9% of these roles are held by women.

Women continue to face bias in selection for top roles.

Link to the study:

https://heidrick.com/-/media/Publications-and-Reports/Route_to_the_Top_2018.ashx

]]> Quote of the Day http://www.workingequal.com/2018/12/04/quote-of-the-day-2/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:01:06 +0000 http://www.workingequal.com/?p=3818 On having it all: “Work hard on yourself, don’t be hard on yourself” – Stephanie Ruhle

]]> Forbes: Serena Williams, A Woman’s Work And The Silence Of Men http://www.workingequal.com/2018/11/05/forbes-serena-williams-a-womans-work-and-the-silence-of-men/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 04:33:37 +0000 http://www.workingequal.com/?p=3758 Amy Nelson does a wonderful job of highlighting how much we need men to speak up and stand with us in our fight for equality.

The fact is simple: the only path to equality for women requires participation from all genders. Speak up, men. Your voices matter.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amynelson1/2018/09/09/serena-a-womans-work-and-the-silence-of-men/

]]> Quote of the day http://www.workingequal.com/2018/10/20/quote-of-the-day/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:46:15 +0000 http://seventhqueen.com/themes/kleo/?p=143 “Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”

~ Kofi Annan

]]> Women are Still Earning Only 80.5 cents on the Dollar http://www.workingequal.com/2018/10/12/women-are-still-earning-only-80-5-cents-on-the-dollar/ Fri, 12 Oct 2018 22:16:19 +0000 http://www.workingequal.com/?p=3425 While the gap is closing, women are still not earning what our male colleagues are earning.

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