OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

Follow OnLabor on X
Subscribe via RSS

Tag:gender pay gap

October 14, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

A California Court of Appeals heard oral arguments yesterday from Uber, Lyft, and the State of California about whether the state can recognize drivers as employees with rights to certain benefits under the state’s law AB 5. The companies were ordered to comply with wage and unemployment requirements by a California Superior Court judge in […]

August 26, 2020
News & Commentary

Courtney Brunson

On the first night of the Republican National Convention, multiple speakers took to the stage to highlight President Trump’s actions to help the American economy. One of those speakers, Donald Trump Jr., spoke about the President’s quick and decisive actions to equip front line workers with the personal protective equipment (PPE) they needed to work […]

July 8, 2019
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

The US Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) won the World Cup 2-0 yesterday — the fourth time that the team has won the title. At the stadium, the team’s supporters chanted “Equal Pay!” in support of the players’ efforts to secure pay parity with the US men’s soccer team. The US women soccer players currently […]

August 9, 2018
News & Commentary

Ryan Wheeler

As expected, the New York City Council voted yesterday to cap the number of Ubers allowed to drive within the city, in a win for taxi drivers, who had complained of deflated incomes. The move came despite opposition from the NAACP and other civil rights organizations, who argued that rideshare services like Lyft were more […]

May 28, 2018
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, Chipotle has asked the Federal District Court of Colorado to exclude 2,814 workers from a wage theft lawsuit because these workers signed mandatory arbitration agreements barring them from participating in class action or collective lawsuits. In total, 10,000 Chipotle workers are participating in an ongoing […]

April 30, 2018
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Thousands of teachers from over thirty school districts rallied at the Colorado Capitol on Friday, calling for increased school funding as part of the #RedForEd movement. The Colorado Education Association, the federation of teachers’ unions in the state, explained that Colorado schools are underfunded by $822 million. In fact, only Oklahoma and Arizona spend less […]

April 10, 2018
News & Commentary

Feyi Lawoyin

Today is equal pay day. The date each year symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. The National Committee on Pay Equity encourages people to wear red in honor of equal pay day. On Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Rizo v. […]

January 16, 2018
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

The Department of Labor released new guidance that makes it easier for companies to hire unpaid interns. As we discussed here, the dividing line between ‘employee’ and ‘intern’ has been contested. Finding Obama-era DOL guidance too strict, the Second Circuit in 2016 created a ‘primary beneficiary’ test for analyzing the worker-employer relationship: where the worker benefits more, […]

June 22, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

In an effort to reduce the gender pay gap, Delaware has enacted a law prohibiting employers from screening applicants based on salary history. In doing so, Delaware joins Massachusetts, Oregon, New York City, and Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s ordinance is under fire for allegedly violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments and allegedly being overly broad. Meanwhile, advocates […]

Thinking About The Equal Pay Act on Equal Pay Day

Apr 4, 2017 Suzanne Schlossberg

Equal Pay Day, April 4, 2017, symbolizes how far into the year women, on average, must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. In fact, Asian American Women’s Equal Pay Day is on March 7th, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is on July 31st, Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day is September […]

OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

Learn more about OnLabor

OnLabor is unable to accept unsolicited submissions.

Follow OnLabor on X
Subscribe via RSS

Contact: [email protected]
Site design: Jon White Studio

Sections

All Editorial Writing
All News & Commentary
From The Editor
From Senior Contributors
Analysis From Guest Voices
OnLabor In The News
All Featured Coverage
About

Connect

Follow OnLabor on X
Subscribe via RSS

Search for:

October 14, 2020

August 26, 2020

July 8, 2019

August 9, 2018

May 28, 2018

April 30, 2018

April 10, 2018

January 16, 2018

June 22, 2017

Thinking About The Equal Pay Act on Equal Pay Day