Women at Oracle Corp. suing over alleged pay disparities took a big step backward, while more than 15,000 female workers at Google crossed the finish line. Under a judge’s tentative ruling Friday, the Oracle women are poised to lose the class-action status they earlier won that gave them powerful leverage in a five-year court fight with their employer. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, meanwhile, agreed to pay $118 million to resolve claims filed under California’s Equal Pay Act that the company… Source link
Read More »Deshaun Watson reportedly met with at least 66 women for massages
HOUSTON — A detailed report from The New York Times on Tuesday alleges that former Houston Texans and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson met with at least 66 women for massages during a span of 17 months from late 2019 to early 2021. The piece also reports that Texans team security provided a nondisclosure agreement to Watson that he later employed during massages, as well as a hotel room where at least seven women met the star quarterback for sessions. The report follows Source link
Read More »The meme stock craze is ‘pretty bro-y,’ says CEO of investing platform for women
The meme stock craze — which multiplied the value of beleaguered companies like GameStop (GME) and squeezed hedge funds that bet against them — became a symbol of the populist fight between small-time traders and Wall Street juggernauts. But the most visible figures associated with the movement on behalf of everyday traders, which took off in January 2021, shared something in common: their gender. Keith Gill, a day trader who rose to prominence through his YouTube persona “Roaring Kitty,”… Source link
Read More »QB Cam Newton says women should ‘cater to a man’s needs’
Warning: Derogatory language below. Free agent quarterback Cam Newton appeared on a podcast Sunday, and proceeded to shove his entire foot directly into his mouth. While appearing on the “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” podcast, Newton discussed how he believes women should act, based on how his mother acted during his upbringing. “I had a perfect, a perfect example of what a man was in my life by my father. My parents have been together for 36, 37 years now and it’s a beautiful thing,” Source link
Read More »Black women allege Google’s ‘racist culture’ in lawsuit against the company
Google fosters a work environment that marginalizes Black employees, denies people of color advancement opportunities and ignores sexual harassment claims, among other indiscretions, according to plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit filed against the company in California this week. At a press conference in San Francisco on Monday, attorney Ben Crump and two former employees of the search engine behemoth detailed what they called a “racist culture” at the enterprise headquartered in… Source link
Read More »Black women ‘finally getting due and recognition’
Growing up, vegan restaurateur Pinky Cole prides herself on being the change she wished to see, using that determination to eventually build Slutty Vegan, a popular food chain. The plant-based eatery opened its first location in October of 2018, and now has locations across Georgia — including two in Atlanta and one each in Jonesboro and Duluth. With vegan eating now a “worldwide phenomenon,” Cole said Slutty Vegan has been able to attract “lines down the block for the last four years,” en… Source link
Read More »NFTs are a ‘fantastic gateway’ for women to break into crypto: Zuckerberg Media CEO
We are less than a month into the New Year, but so far 2022 has not been kind to crypto. The price of bitcoin (BTC-USD), the granddaddy of digital currency, is off to its worst yearly start since the dawn of crypto, down roughly 40% from its all time high, and analysts are bracing for more volatility ahead. But true believers are not backing off. While it’s mostly young men who are trading cryptocurrency, research finds a growing number of women are taking the plunge and even prefer trading… Source link
Read More »California investigates Google’s treatment of Black women workers
California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and emails from the agency seen by Reuters. Attorneys and analysts at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) have repeatedly interviewed several Black women who have worked at Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, about their experiences there, according to… Source link
Read More »Google’s latest diversity report shows jump in departures among women of color
Google’s latest diversity report shows that despite some gains in the number of Black employees, the company is lagging in its goal to double the number of Black workers by 2025. And the search giant is having particular difficulty retaining women of color, the report released Thursday (pdf) shows. Google uses a scale it calls an attrition index, with the number 100 used as a benchmark. The attrition figure for Black women on that index rose from 110 in 2020 to 146 in 2021, the report… Source link
Read More »Google reports soaring attrition among Black women
The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo July 1 (Reuters) – Workers identifying as “Black+” or “Latinx+” left Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google at higher rates last year than in 2019, the company said on Thursday in its latest annual diversity report, highlighting a persistent challenge to growing representation. What Google calls an attrition index, with 100 as a baseline, registered at 121 last year for… Source link
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