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Employers, workers struggle with pregnancy discrimination

Pregnancy discrimination is a continuing problem for women in the workplace, according to both employment attorneys and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission's statistics.

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How to get paid: what to say to your boss to get the salary you deserve

Negotiation is a simple fact of business life. The higher up you move at work, the more
important become your skills at bargaining for what you want.

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Gender pay gap narrows -- for unexpected reasons
The disparity's decrease isn't because women are making great strides but because men's wages are eroding, data show.
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Survey: Working Women Looking for On-Ramp after Time Off
Most professional women step off the career 'fast track' at some point in their working life.
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Wake Up, Employers: Working Moms Are Giving Up
Is the most well-educated generation of women in history really choosing domesticity over career?
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Grooming Women for the Top: Tips from Executive Coaches
Some women may be missing out on the executive coaching that equally experienced men get at work.
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The Conundrum of the Glass Ceiling
It is 20 years since the term “glass ceiling” was coined by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate hierarchy; and it is ten years since the American government's specially appointed Glass Ceiling Commission published its recommendations.
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Women in Top Ranks Pull Up the Pay of Others
American women earn substantially more money and narrow the long-standing gender gap in income if other women in their workplaces reach the ranks of senior management, according to a new national study presented here.
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