Former employee sues Gentex for gender discrimination
The former engineer's attorney said she has heard from multiple women who said they left Gentex because of similar experiences......»»
Rare 20-year Apple employee award up for auction alongside uncirculated original iPhone
Some rare Apple items are up for grabs in a new auction starting this afternoon. Among the items are a very rare 20-year Apple employee award, an uncirculated original iPhone that’s not just sealed in the Apple packaging but also the cardboard ship.....»»
Nintendo Switch 2 backward compatibility possibly confirmed by former employee
Nintendo Switch 2 backward compatibility possibly confirmed by former employee.....»»
Why Women Earn Less Than Men: Economic Historian Wins Nobel for Work on Gender Pay Gap
Claudia Goldin mined 200 years of data to show that greater economic growth did not lead to wage parity or more women in the workplace.....»»
Federal TikTok ban – new law is tried; third US state sues [U]
Update: A third US state is suing TikTok for harming children “by intentionally keeping young users spending unhealthy amounts of time on the short-video sharing platform.” There have been threats/promises of a federal TikTok ban since 2020, b.....»»
Victory Automotive to pay $9 million to settle U.S. Paycheck Protection Program false claims case
Victory Automotive will pay $9 million, including more than $1.6 million to a whistleblower former employee, to resolve an allegation it misrepresented itself as a small business when applying for a $6.3 million Paycheck Protection Program loan, acco.....»»
Meta employee accidentally shows how Trending Topics will work on Threads
You may be familiar with Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform that works in a similar way to X (formerly Twitter). The platform was launched in July and has since received a lot of requested features. Now it seems that Meta wants to bring Trendin.....»»
Claudia Goldin: Nobel-winning sleuth of the gender pay gap
Claudia Goldin has long thought of herself as a kind of detective within economics, employing tools across academic disciplines in a quest to examine how women fit into the workforce......»»
Regulator sues Musk to force testimony in X probe
Musk accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of "harassment" in the two sides' latest battle......»»
Gendered discrimination and disrespect "all too common" in legal profession, Australian report shows
A new report, Designing Gender Equality into the Future of The Law examines the experience of women in the law including discrimination, harassment and overwork......»»
In checking chess"s gender bias, researchers find parents and mentors shortchange girls" potential
"The Queen's Gambit" miniseries portrayed the life of a fictional chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, who is continuously underestimated in male-dominated competitions. A team of New York University psychology researchers has now found some "real-life" evide.....»»
Underappreciation of LGBT executives creates investment opportunity, says study
Academics from Northumbria University have uncovered an "extreme underappreciation" of firms with CEOs who are openly gay, lesbian, trans or bisexual—and they say it's driven by discrimination......»»
Nissan offers low-cost Ariya EV lease to dealer employees
Nissan dealers, some of whom find it challenging to sell pricey electric vehicles, view the employee lease program as a way to shrink their Ariya stockpile and build enthusiasm for the crossover......»»
Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles" future
On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction......»»
Women, minority faculty less likely to negotiate pay or seek other job opportunities, finds study
Race and gender inequities in faculty representation and support have been widely acknowledged, but a new University of Michigan study reveals a previously underexplored contributor to disparities in pay and employment conditions: negotiation behavio.....»»
The burials that could challenge historians" ideas about Anglo-Saxon gender
There are a significant number of Anglo-Saxon burials where the estimated anatomical sex of the skeleton does not align with the gender implied by the items they were buried with. Some bodies identified as male have been buried with feminine clothing.....»»
College student sues Musk for falsely calling him a “psyop” in neo-Nazi brawl
"Yet another one of Elon Musk’s reckless smears." Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) On Wednesday, a Los Angeles-based 22-year-old college graduate, Ben Brody, sued Elon Musk for more than $1 million.....»»
How often do you think about the Roman empire? TikTok trend exposes the way we gender history
How often do you think about the Roman empire? This question, posed to men by their partners on social media app TikTok, has led to a storm of viral videos. Women are amused to discover the answer is often "every day," or at least "several times a we.....»»
US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses”
“I saw KKK epithets, a swastika, and the N-word," Black worker says. Enlarge / Cars parked at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, on February 10, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | Josh Edelson) The US Equal Employmen.....»»
Do you criticize or celebrate your colleagues? It may depend on your social position
Online technology is fundamentally reshaping employee evaluations. In the last decade or so, companies such as IBM, Amazon, and General Electric have adopted performance feedback apps that allow employees to "review" one another in real time. These a.....»»
Tesla sued by U.S. civil rights agency for race discrimination at Calif. plant
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit Tesla subjected Black workers “to severe or pervasive racial harassment” and alleged Tesla unfairly retaliated against workers who complained......»»