Rebecca Greenfield
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New York, NY, United States
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Midterm Voters Sent a Clear Message on Support for Abortion Rights
Exit polls say concern for reproductive freedom was nearly tied with inflation in driving turnout. → Read More
The State-by-State Battle Over Abortion in the US
In overturning Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court didn’t so much address America’s long-running fight over abortion as spread it to statehouses across the country. The court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization repealed constitutional protections for abortions that had been in place since 1973. That gave conservative governors and legislatures the power they had long… → Read More
Is Your Company Posting Salary Information? We Want to Hear From You
A New York City law requiring companies to post pay ranges on job ads has opened up a whole new world of pay transparency for workers not just in the city but across the US. In theory, the information is meant to level the playing field and narrow wage gaps. But how is it really playing out for employees and jobseekers? → Read More
LGBTQ Rights Regress in Unexpected Places Yet Advance in Others
Around the world, a community that’s gained many protections in recent years finds that hard-earned rights are being rolled back. → Read More
Work From Home Has the Power to Advance Equality—or Set It Back
Employers that ignore potential pitfalls could inadvertently intensify office biases. → Read More
Record Number GOP Women Voted to Congress, With Scant Party Help
A strong showing by first-time candidates should make the GOP reconsider its policy of not making gender a factor in races. → Read More
Today’s Republican Women Are Running Hard to the Right
There were obvious reasons to doubt Republican Lisa McClain’s path to Washington during Michigan’s primary season: She’d never held elected office. Her top competitor had the support of the outgoing congressman she hoped to replace. State lawmakers, district Republican leaders, and Americans for Prosperity—an advocacy group linked to billionaire Charles Koch—all opposed her. But McClain thought… → Read More
Stop Waiting for Capitalism to Cure Inequality
Business was counting on market forces. It’s time for a new approach. → Read More
Quotas Can Help Fix the Glaring Whiteness of America’s C-Suites
They’ve helped women. Why not apply them to the boardrooms and middle management of the Fortune 500? → Read More
U.S. Vaccine Data Reveal Big Racial Gaps in Who’s Getting Shots: Covid-19 Tracker
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed underlying racial inequalities in U.S. healthcare. That inequality seems to extend to Covid-19 vaccinations: more White and Asian Americans are receiving the shots than Blacks or Hispanics. → Read More
A hot labor market brings full-time perks to some part-time employees
A growing number of companies are extending benefits to hourly and part-time workers. But contractor workers often get no benefits. → Read More
Employers bump up paid parental leave as they try to hold on to workers
An estimated 4.8 million people had access to more generous paid leave benefits this year. → Read More
Dazzled by Ghosn's star power, investors ignored the lessons of history
With Carlos Ghosn arrested and accused of underreporting his compensation to Japanese securities regulators, investors in three different companies are discovering the problem with putting too much faith in a single person. → Read More
Who Tells How Much They Make? Millennials Do, Boomers Don’t
Millennials are almost twice as likely as Baby Boomers to share their salary with their coworkers, according to a new survey from personal finance site Bankrate. → Read More
Stigma over breast pumping at work makes the gender pay gap worse
Many working moms feel that they get penalized or criticized for breast pumping at work. → Read More
Women Investors Don’t Play It Safe
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- A couple came into Mike Giefer’s Minneapolis office in late September for some financial planning advice. The woman presented herself as the risk-averse one and her husband as the financial maverick. Then Giefer had them take a test. → Read More
Aon Hewitt Survey: Your Pay Is Probably Going Down Next Year
Despite the improving economy, companies have stubbornly withheld salary increases over the past few years, opting to fatten the bonus pool instead. Now, they’re taking those bonuses away, according to a new survey. Instead, employers are ever-so-slightly increasing salaries, but not enough to make up for the loss. Companies allocated 3 percent of their budgets to raises—a high since the… → Read More
Gender Equity Gap: Women in Silicon Valley Have Half the Options
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- The young woman was excited to get an offer at Lyft Inc., one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture-backed private companies, until she compared notes with one of her friends. → Read More
‘Have You Ever Been Sexually Harassed?’
Sallie Krawcheck, a pioneer for women in finance, talks with up-and-comer Bianca Caban about the uncomfortable reality of being a woman in a male-dominated industry → Read More
Don’t Expect a Big Raise Next Year
Annual compensation budgets are hovering stubbornly around 3 percent. → Read More