Top Japanese Firms Scrap Employment System That Held Women Back April 23, 2025 By Nao Sano Japan’s biggest financial firms are abolishing decades-old employment practices that kept women off the corporate ladder. Nippon Life Insurance Co.,...
Judge Nixes Gender Bias Claim by Woman Denied Job as Top Pastor of Black Church April 8, 2025 By David Crary A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to...
Con Edison to Pay $750,000 to Settle Harassment Allegations March 31, 2025 The New York utility provider Con Edison has agreed to pay $750,000 and implement a host of anti-harassment reforms to...
Judge Narrows Star Russian Soprano’s Lawsuit Against Met Opera August 27, 2024 By Ronald Blum Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to...
Former Executive Alleges Gender Bias, Retaliatory Firing by NEXT Insurance May 20, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A former chief corporate officer for NEXT Insurance is accusing the company and its chief executive officer of gender and...
Jury Awards $1.2 Million to De Niro’s Former Assistant in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit November 13, 2023 By Larry Neumeister A jury said Robert De Niro’s company should pay more than $1.2 million to his former personal assistant after finding...
Texas Women Want Careers as Truck Drivers Say They Can’t Get a Job Because of Their Gender October 27, 2023 By Pooja Salhorta Ashli Streeter entered truck driving school with high hopes of the open road and a well-paying job. The 27-year-old from...
Fox Corp Settles Lawsuit With Fired Former Producer for $12M July 3, 2023 By Helen Coster and Jonathan Stempel Fox Corp settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination...
Fox’s Tubi Accused in Lawsuit of Paying Women Less Than Men May 22, 2023 By Robert Burnson Fox Corp.’s streaming platform Tubi was accused in a gender-discrimination lawsuit of paying top female executives 28% less than their...
Japanese Banks (and Insurers) Face Spotlight for ‘Gender Washing’ Women Managers April 19, 2023 By Taiga Uranaka and Komaki Ito Some Japanese banks may soon come under the spotlight for potential “gender washing” over the way they count the number...