Archive for February 24, 2019

In 1980, Dolly Parton released her hit single, “9 to 5.” This anthem is about workplace gender discrimination, written by Parton, a southern female country singer. The song was written for the 1980 comedy film of the same name. With lyrics like “they just use your mind and they never give you credit” and “you got dreams he’ll never take away,” Dolly Parton was one of the earliest artists to tackle the issue of gender inequality in the workplace. Dolly

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act” in May of 2018. In a statement, Mayor de Blasio said, “Society has been stacked in favor of men for far too long, leading many to believe they can harass women without fear of punishment. New York City will not allow that [to] continue.” De Blasio continued by saying that “we are taking action to protect workers against sexual harassment and saying loudly and clearly that anyone

Salary secrecy impacts the gender wage gap in subtle ways. Pay transparency might have a significant benefit: closing the gender wage gap. When salaries are kept secret, pay discrimination becomes a lot easier for employers. Without salary transparency, workers may not know if they are being underpaid. Could pay transparency eradicate the gender wage gap altogether?

Subtle Discrimination

Salary secrecy may particularly affect the gender wage gap, which is subtle in nature. For example, men are seen as more likeable during salary

Low wage employees at McDonald’s are assaulted far too often. Just since the beginning of 2019, there have been cases of customers physically abusing McDonald’s workers. For example, a cashier in St. Petersburg was grabbed by a customer who was enraged that he did not receive a plastic straw. In a viral video, we can see that she physically defended herself by punching him in the face. In South Carolina, a man threw hot coffee on a 16-year-old worker because