Gender Discrimination

Californians are slowly waking up to the fact that men and women don't get paid the same amounts for the same efforts. More often than not -- especially when you look at national averages -- men get paid higher wages than women for the same type, quantity and quality...

After all these years, and after all the fighting for women's rights, you'd think that it would be easy to enact legislation that ensured women received equal pay compared to their male coworkers. However, the pay gap continues. Even though laws do exist to prevent...

Law-enforcement is a male-dominated industry. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, about 12 percent of active duty police officers are female. Unfortunately, many female police officers are subject to unfair treatment in their jobs - and this treatment is...

Deciding whether to breastfeed is an important decision that every new mother has to make. Breastfeeding has a huge impact on a child's health, and has emotional and psychological benefits as well. Unfortunately, some women feel forced to stop breastfeeding because of...

The birth of a child is a life-changing event. As parents adjust to life with a newborn, most take parental leave. In the United States, some companies provide paid time off for new parents. But many offer limited paid time off - or no paid time off at all. Paid...

Bononi Law Group has filed suit on behalf of a former employee of Mattel, Inc., the giant toymaker based in El Segundo. The lawsuit alleges that the vice-president of corporate affairs in 2013 and 2014 created a hostile work environment for women by making derogatory...

The Price is Right is conducting a search for the first male model to work alongside female show models on the popular game show. Once nicknamed "Barker's Beauties," back when Bob Barker was the show's host, this will be the first time that the formerly all-female...

Unequal pay for equal work may be a form of discrimination. If a wage gap exists between men and women doing the same job, the resulting unequal pay may be a form of gender discrimination. In 1963, then-President, John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law,...

After almost ten years at Chapman University in Orange County, film professor Lynn Hamrick was denied tenure. She filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that she was discriminated against based on her gender, claiming that...