When you learned you were expecting a baby, you likely experienced a whole range of emotions, among which were perhaps nervousness and excitement. If you happen to be among many women in California who waited and hoped to have children of your own a long time before actually becoming pregnant, your cause for celebration may have been all the more joyous when you found out your dreams of becoming a parent were coming true.
Did your employer fire you after you mentioned your pregnancy?
Danger may be lurking near your cubicle
Even if you don't report for work each day on a construction site, at the top of a high scaffold on the outside of a 20-story building or at the scene of a four-alarm fire, it doesn't mean you are free from all safety risks just because you work in an office. In fact, there may be several potentially serious dangers in your vicinity at any given time, and if one catches you by surprise, an otherwise average workday may end with you in the hospital.
Women file gender-bias, unequal pay class action against Google
Three women have filed a class action accusing Google of systematically paying women less for the same work as men. They also say the tech giant keeps women largely partitioned into jobs where they are less likely to be promoted, promotes far fewer women than men despite similar qualifications, and moves women up the career ladder more slowly than men.