equal pay
Brooklyn Diocese stiffed principal by $15K because she's a woman: suit
A Catholic school principal claims the Diocese of Brooklyn paid her significantly less than her male successor because she’s a woman. Phyllis Reggio claims she took a significant pay cut...
Top female US track stars fight to remove pregnancy sponsorship penalty
For decades, the message to women in track and field was crystal clear: get pregnant, lose sponsorship money. A rebellion led by some of the sport’s top runners, including Allyson...
USWNT preparing to take equal-pay fight to court
Players for the US women's national soccer team appear ready to take their quest for equal pay to court after Wednesday mediation talks with the US Soccer Federation broke down....
Megan Rapinoe's activism won't include running for office
Megan Rapinoe will keep playing soccer and championing for equal pay, but she won't be running for office. "I'm not sure I'm qualified for office," Rapinoe said Sunday on "Meet...
De Blasio's 'pay parity' hypocrisy
Mayor Bill de Blasio just had to exploit the Canyon of Heroes parade for the US Women’s World Cup champs to push his presidential hopes by grandstanding on pay parity....
US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro booed over equal pay
The head of US Soccer was interrupted by boos and chants of "Equal pay!" during a ceremony for the US women's World Cup champions in Manhattan on Wednesday. Carlos Cordeiro,...
Cuomo steals de Blasio’s thunder, signs equal-pay guarantee into law
Gov. Andrew Cuomo stole the thunder from Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday when he signed legislation guaranteeing equal pay — even as Hizzoner said in an interview that he...
Schumer calls for equal pay after USWNT World Cup win
Chuck Schumer congratulated the US women’s national soccer team on Monday by calling for equal pay for women. The Senate Minority Leader acknowledged the team's "sustained level of excellence" before...
Companies must hand over data on how they pay men vs. women by September
Companies have until the end of September to turn over worker salary information to federal regulators, a judge ruled late Thursday. Washington DC federal judge Tanya Chutkan imposed the deadline...
Many men think the gender pay gap is fake news: poll
The gender pay gap has its own holiday — but many men think it's just a conspiracy theory. Equal Pay Day, aka April 2, has been a nationally recognized "day"...
Supreme Court throws out lawsuit decision due to judge's death
The Supreme Court issued a grave ruling on Monday. The justices said a decision on an equal pay lawsuit written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the Ninth Circuit Court of...
LaGuardia Airport's $4B overhaul project is paying women less: suit
Former Vice President Joe Biden once compared LaGuardia Airport to a “Third World county” — and now women working on its $4 billion overhaul are being treated like second-class citizens,...
Condé Nast in the UK has a huge gender pay gap
The British wing of Condé Nast had among the worst gender pay gaps of any of the big American media companies with overseas wings, paying men on average about 37...
It pays to be a female staffer for the Queen
The Queen emerged as a British female pay champion as figures showed she gives female staff in her household 8.3 percent more in hourly wages than men. The Queen’s Household...
Martina Navratilova furious over John McEnroe's salary
Wimbledon commentator and former champ Martina Navratilova blasted the BBC for paying her “at least 10 times less” than fellow pundit John McEnroe. Navratilova, 61, revealed she is paid $21,000...
Why women should start talking about their salaries
You can’t know what you don’t know. Anonymous Google docs titled “TV Actors SALARY” and “TV WRITERS SALARY” began circulating this week, asking industry workers to provide variables including their...
New York City government has a glaring gender problem
It’s still a man’s world in New York City government when it comes to getting paid the big bucks, a new study of payroll data found. An analysis by the...
Google hit with class-action gender pay lawsuit
Google faces a new lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination. A lawyer representing three female former Google employees is seeking class action status for the claim. The suit, filed...
Tina Brown on equal pay: Beware 'Scaramuccis of the boardroom'
In the 1980s and ’90s, Tina Brown sat atop New York’s publishing world, back when magazines still held sway over the breakfast tables of the chattering classes. Her tenures as...
Google denies government's claims of a gender pay gap
Google is hitting back at claims by the US government that it has been discriminating against women with its pay practices. In explosive accusations last week, the US Labor Department...