Oracle paid women less than men for same work, lawsuit alleges

A judge in San Francisco heard opening statements Thursday in a hearing around the Department of Labor’s lawsuit against Oracle Corp., which alleges that the Redwood City software giant underpaid women, Asians and black workers by $401 million over.....»»

Two former employees of AT&T Mobility LLC claim they were fired after returning from maternity leave because they missed work for pregnancy-related or emergency child care......»»

A high-level UCSF employee who helped map out university building projects and awarded contracts was paid by a Berkeley contractor to steer work toward the company, the University of California alleged in a lawsuit filed late Friday. The civil suit in .....»»

The lawsuit claims Oracle prefers to hire Asians — more specifically, Asian Indians who require work visa sponsorship — and uses their work visas as leverage to underpay them......»»

From May 3 until May 24 the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund will only fund requests from businesses owned by women; veterans; or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. A federal lawsuit argues that's uncons.....»»

Massachusetts gambling regulators plan to work towards filing an amicus brief in a lawsuit that alleges Encore Boston Harbor has been duping customers by paying out at less favorable odds for blackjack wins......»»

Getty Images Women today spend 16 more hours a week performing paid labor than they did 50 years ago, yet they spend just as much time with their children as stay-at-home mothers did in the 1970s, Pew Research shows.   Since the US .....»»

In a new lawsuit, a former auditor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston claimed she was fired after complaining she was paid less than her male colleagues for years despite stellar performance reviews and a heavy workload. The ex-employee, Cynthi.....»»

For the third year in a row, Oracle Corp. Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and the rest of his board on Tuesday rejected a shareholder proposal for the company to release data about how much women are paid at the company relative to men. “Relat.....»»

For the third year in a row, Oracle Corp. executive chairman Larry Ellison and the rest of his board on Tuesday rejected a shareholder proposal for the company to release data about how much women are paid at the company relative to men. “Relat.....»»

A vice president at Leawood-based AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. alleges in a lawsuit that the world’s largest cinema chain paid her male counterparts 56% and 72% more than she received. Tonya Mangels says she was fired Sept. 30 for pointing out th.....»»

It’s well-known that women in the U.S. get paid less for their work than men. The pay gap averages about 20% — that is, female full-time year-round workers make 80.5 cents for every dollar a........»»

Call it the class ceiling. Women suing major .....»»

A former employee at an Overland Park Buffalo Wild Wings is suing the company for promoting a racially hostile work environment. The federal lawsuit filed Monday also alleges racial discrimination, age discrimination, discrimination based on a disability.....»»

Are women paid the same as men in your office? How about people of color compared with white people? If you work in the U.S., there’s a good chance you don’t know—and neither, to be honest, does your... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

The lawsuit filed by three women alleges the ride-hailing app left them “sitting ducks” to men who posed as Uber drivers to assault passengers. It also suggests Uber knew fake drivers were preying on women but did nothing to warn users......»»

Sharp Grossmont Hospital A lawsuit filed in March alleges that Sharp Grossmont Hospital in Southern California secretly recorded around 1,800 women between July 2012 and .....»»

The Walt Disney Co. is being sued for gender discrimination. Two women claim that Disney has no safety net to ensure women are not paid less than men for the same work. The disparities ranged from $16,000 to $40,000 per year......»»

A recent report also analyzed how many months of child care or health insurance coverage or how many years of tuition women could afford if they were paid the same wage for the same work......»»

Unfair work conditions, including being paid less than men, forces some women to open their own businesses. Still, they face struggles get.....»»