#EconomicsofGenderEquity #genderequity On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in a trio of cases that was largely judged as a blow to employees’ rights. The central issue was if employers could include class-action waivers in arbitration clauses in employment agreements, and whether class action waivers were enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Action and not barred by the National Labor Relations Act. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court said, in

#EconomicsofGenderEquity #genderequity #GenderMainstreaming By 1989, the labor force participation of women had been increasing for more than three decades, when sociologist Arlie Hochschild’s book, “The Second Shift”, came out the same year. The book noted that despite the increased labor force participation of women, women in the workforce were also responsible for the majority of domestic duties such as cleaning, cooking and childcare. The book’s research found that women