Pay attention! The Ledbetter Act and the Fair Pay Restoration Act have passed the House and are on their way to the Senate, and so it's time to write your Senators and let them know you want to see people who have been discriminated against at work have at least the same small chance of getting justice that they had before Dubya's Supreme Court re ( Read more... )

A young buddy of mine was expressing surprise that his firm was offering six weeks of paid leave; he thought it was six months. (Apparently, his company falls under the minimum size for the Family and Medical Leave Act to kick in, allowing twelve weeks -- unpaid weeks, but twelve of them). It shamed me to inform him that the United States is way ( Read more... )