NYC Council Passes Robust Anti-Sexual Harassment Bills to Protect NYC Workers
On April 11, 2018, the New York City Council passed the Stop Sexual Harassment in New York City Act, a package of bills enhancing protections against sexual harassment. The groundbreaking and far reaching sexual harassment legislative package is in response to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movement and makes a national call for an end to workplace abuse. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio supports the legislation and is expected to sign the Act into law in the coming weeks. The Act
Not-So-Equal Pay Day
Today is Equal Pay Day – also known as the day that marks how far that women have to work into the following year in order to earn what men earned in the previous year. Today brings attention to the fact that, on average, white women have to work 99 additional days into 2018 to earn what white men did in 2017. If you think that is distressing, equal pay day for women of color comes along much later in the year. In other words, the wage disparity between women of color and whi
