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By my 40s, I hope to be very comfortably established in my career, ensconced in a warm blanket of experience that makes me more valuable than ever to my employer. But here’s a terrifying truth: age discrimination can start affecting you from 45, according to Diversity Council Australia. Stereotypes about …

Is sexual harassment the most important issue facing female humanitarians? If you say yes, you are not alone. In a poll promoted on social media, 41% of respondents identified harassment as the top concern for female aid workers. Our survey results reinforce decades of research – evidence that has fallen …

The Trump administration on Friday took one of its most aggressive steps yet to legalize anti-transgender discrimination by telling the Supreme Court that federal law allows firing workers solely for being transgender, arguing a Michigan funeral home could fire a transgender woman because she wanted to wear women’s clothing on …

Women enter the accountancy profession in large numbers, but often by the time they would otherwise be ready to take on leadership positions, they have dropped out and women remain under-represented in leadership positions. Leadership culture has been defined by the centre for creative leadership as “the self- reinforcing web …

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! An opera star faces #MeToo accusations, Shari Rtone finally gets her way, and we hear what it’s really like to have a baby while running a company. Have a wonderful Wednesday. EVERYONE’S TALKING – Babies and business. Emma today has a story featuring 11 CEOs and …

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Troutman Sanders LLP is accused in a new lawsuit of subjecting a legal secretary in New York to a male partner’s persistent sexual harassment. Jessica Correa says the unwelcome behavior started even before she officially began working for Troutman in January 2017, when Gerald Francese asked her out to lunch …

In 2012, Wells Fargo agreed to a $175 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that its lenders unfairly steered homeowners in Black and Latino communities into subprime mortgages. The company denied any wrongdoing, but former employees described a lending “machine” that saddled people of color in Maryland …

This report is part of a series on structural racism in the United States. Authors’ note: CAP uses “Black” and “African American” interchangeably throughout many of our products. We chose to capitalize “Black” in order to reflect that we are discussing a group of people and to be consistent with the capitalization …

Jackie Evans, a special ne teacher for 20 years, was on holiday when she got a call from her headteacher. A complaint had been made by another member of staff about her disciplinary methods. It had never happened before and Evans felt it was blown out of proportion. “They did …