Employment Archives – Page 7 of 57

Older Lesbians Reunite, Focused Now on Ageism

By Amy Lieberman ● Arts & Culture ● January 4, 2014

In the 1970s they tackled issues such as workplace discrimination and losing custody of their children in the courts. Today, as same-sex marriage sweeps the country, this group is focused on the unique isolation and discrimination of older lesbians.

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Latinas Make Unexpectedly Large Political Strides

By Christina E. Bejarano ● Employment ● October 26, 2013

There are a growing number of Latinas, and other women of color, in office, defying expectations and explanations, says Christina E. Bejarano in this excerpt from “The Latina Advantage.”

San Francisco’s New Workplace Law Signals a Shift

By Elizabeth Ben-Ishai ● Employment ● October 22, 2013

The family friendly ordinance passed this month gives workers with caregiving responsibilities the right to request changes to their working conditions, including requests for predictable scheduling. A similar law was also passed in Vermont.

Paid Family Leave in California: All is Not Well

By Susan Rose ● Employment ● September 2, 2013

No better time than Labor Day to take a new critical look at the nation’s first Paid Family Leave Act. I hailed our state’s law in this space over a year ago. Today I want to backtrack and emphasize the crying need for awareness and implementation.

Yellen Hangs Glass Ceiling Over Wall Street Battle

By Sharon Johnson ● Employment ● August 21, 2013

The debate over who will take over at the Federal Reserve unites women’s rights activists and Wall Street reformists. Their female champion faces an Old Boy favorite who once famously expressed doubt about women’s intellectual capacity.

Two Female CEOs Revamp for Climate Change

By Paula DiPerna ● Commentary ● July 16, 2013

These businesswomen don’t have environmental backgrounds, but they know it’s time to tailor their business practices to extreme global weather patterns. The fashion designer always paid attention to the weather but now she watches it with an eye to fabric prices.

UN Women’s Lakshmi Puri: ‘Priority is to Power On’

By Juhie Bhatia ● Employment ● June 6, 2013

At the sidelines of last week’s major global forum on women’s health, the interim leader of the 2-year-old U.N. superagency expressed pride in its startup phase of rapid institution-building and is focused on everything from field work to raising a target annual budget of $300 million.