Gender Wage Disparity

Hundred gender wage disparity must end - PCA

A report by the players' union says the increasing disparity between the top salaries of men's and women's cricketers in The Hundred must end.

BBC News - 9h

Who still makes the federal minimum wage of $7.25?

Some states have raised minimum wage for employees as the federal level has stayed at $7.25 an hour since 2009. The Trump administration has not signaled plans to boost the minimum wage, so what ...

NBC News - Feb. 22

Hundred gender pay gap 'looks bad' - Knight

England captain Heather Knight criticises the widening gap between the top men's and women's salaries in the The Hundred.

BBC News - 1d

Texas Gov. Abbott wages immigration operation in community targeted by conservatives

Gov. Gregg Abbott stated he'd been planning the immigration operation in Colony Ridge for months to target criminals and immigrants. Observers said some people who were stopped were on to their way ...

NBC News - Feb. 24

California May Boost Its Controversial $20 Fast-Food Minimum Wage

Less than a year after it came into effect, the state’s alternatively decried and hailed $20 fast-food pay law may get a 3.5 percent boost—reviving clashes during its rollout.

Inc. - Feb. 26

Share of jobs paid below UK living wage rises at record rate

Data from Living Wage Foundation reflects pressures facing employers even before Budget tax rises

Financial Times - Feb. 27

California Could Push Fast Food Minimum Wage Above $20

Business owners say it hasn’t been long enough since the $20 minimum wage went into effect to know its impact.

Inc. - Feb. 27

Texas AG asks court to require NCAA to begin gender testing

The Republican attorney general in Texas wants the NCAA to take its transgender policy a step further and require gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports

ABC News - Feb. 20

Texas AG adds gender screening request to NCAA lawsuit

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a judge on Thursday to require the NCAA to start gender testing for athletes who compete in women’s sports. The request for a temporary injunction adds a ...

The Hill - Feb. 21

House Democrats call on Trump to rescind order against gender-affirming care

More than 80 House Democrats are calling on President Trump to revoke an executive order to broadly restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender young people, alleging the ...

The Hill - Feb. 26

Merz’s all-male team photo revives question of gender equality in Germany

Image posted on social media rekindles idea that prospective new chancellor has a Frauenproblem . Six beaming election winners huddled around a table and not a woman among them: a viral social ...

The Guardian - Feb. 27

How Trump’s Changes to U.S. Gender Policy Could Affect Your Passport

President Trump’s order abolishing the “X” marker and recognizing only birth sex has caused confusion and anxiety for trans, intersex and gender-nonconforming travelers.

The New York Times - Feb. 27

Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender identity as a protected class

Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature voted Thursday to remove gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code, sending the first-of-its-kind measure to Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). ...

The Hill - Feb. 27

Judge extends block on Trump gender-affirming care federal funding ban

A federal judge extended a temporary injunction on Friday blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender ...

The Hill - 5d

Georgia Senate advances bills to restrict gender-affirming care

Senate Republicans in Georgia have advanced two bills restricting gender-affirming care for transgender people

ABC News - 2d

Gender Pay Gap Narrows, But Only Slightly, Over 20- Year Span

How is your company doing on a bottom-line measure of workplace equity in the Trump era?

Inc. - 1d

Arts groups sue over Trump's 'gender ideology' executive order

Four arts organizations on Thursday sued the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) over its implementation of President Trump's executive order barring the use of federal funds for the promotion of ...

The Hill - 6h

Current and Former Scale AI Contractors Allege Wage Theft in Letter to U.S. Senators

Scale’s former managing director will appear this week at a Senate confirmation hearing for the White House’s top science role.

Inc. - Feb. 24

Bank of England rate setter warns of higher UK inflation risk driven by wages

Deputy governor Dave Ramsden says interest rate cuts must be gradual

Financial Times - 6d

Michigan's last-minute pay law shows the fight over tips and wages is getting more complicated

Michigan’s chaotic resolution of a yearslong battle is the latest compromise effort to satisfy workers, employers and consumers in the absence of federal action.

NBC News - 5d

First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters | Arwa Mahdawi

How do you stop people worrying about the climate emergency? By sacking anyone whose job it is to keep an eye on it. Chalk up another win for Project 2025. Some politicians go whichever way the ...

The Guardian - 2d

Trump highlights border, crime in address, saying "it's time for America to wage war on the cartels"

In his joint address, President Trump asked Congress for more funding on the border and immigration. He spoke to Laken Riley's family, the namesake of the first U.S. law he signed. He also ...

CBS News - 1d

Big oil is waging ‘biggest campaign of political interference in US history’, senator says

Fossil fuel groups poured a record $96m into Trump ahead of the 2024 election, demanding more scrutiny, not less, says Sheldon Whitehouse. The Republican party’s capturing of the Senate and House ...

The Guardian - 13h

Hunter Schafer says passport now lists her gender as male after Trump order

Model and actress Hunter Schafer said her new passport lists her gender as male despite selecting female while filling out paperwork.

CBS News - Feb. 21

‘Euphoria’ star Hunter Schafer speaks out about changes to passport gender identifiers

Actor Hunter Schafer is speaking out after she says she had to get a passport that had the gender she was assigned at birth instead of the one she identifies with. It comes weeks after President ...

NBC News - Feb. 24

Nordic combined, the only Winter Games sport without gender equity, faces shaky future at Olympics

Nordic combined has a rich history in the Olympics and potentially, a bleak future

ABC News - Feb. 24

Iowa gives final approval to a bill to remove gender identity protections despite massive protests

The bill — the first legislative action in the country to remove nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity — heads to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.

NBC News - 6d

Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests

A bill that would strip gender identity protections from Iowa’s civil rights code has received final legislative approval and now goes to the governor

ABC News - 6d

Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.