Business groups press Supreme Court to reverse gender-pay ruling
Erin Mulvaney writes, “Business groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeal ruling that said employers cannot use a worker’s prior salary history to justify paying men and women differently for comparable jobs.

The use of prior compensation in setting salary is a common pa

Which types of companies are adding women to their boards, and which aren’t
Shivaram Rajgopal and George Fleck write, “California recently passed a law requiring public firms headquartered in the state to include at least one woman on their boards by the end of 2019. The proposal has led to criticism that board quotas have unintended consequences. Others have claimed that a

Starbucks announces new backup childcare benefits
Danielle Wiener-Bronner writes, “Starbucks is sweetening the pot for employees with a new family care benefit.

The company announced on Tuesday that it will provide workers with ten subsidized backup care days for children or adults.

Starbucks (SBUX) announced an expansive new set of benefits in J

Business groups press Supreme Court to reverse gender-pay ruling
Erin Mulvaney writes, “Business groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeal ruling that said employers cannot use a worker’s prior salary history to justify paying men and women differently for comparable jobs.

The use of prior compensation in setting salary is a common pa

Jane Mayer has been reporting alongside Ronan Farrow. So why isn’t she getting branded as a hero of #MeToo?
Ruth Graham writes, “On Sunday night, the New Yorker published an explosive report detailing that a second woman is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Deborah Ramirez alleges that Kavanaugh “thrust his penis in her face” at a party when he was a freshman at Yale Uni