An administrative complaint was filed against Tyson Fresh Meats (“Tyson”) this week, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc. The complaint alleges systemic discrimination against women in Tyson’s Illinois plant. The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) is empowered to assert the complaint based upon Executive Order…

Former Goldman Sachs employees filed a putatitve class action suit yesterday in New York alleging pervasive sex discrimination. The plaintiffs’ claims date back to 1997. At that time, it is alleged a male colleague groped one of the plaintiffs during a Goldman Sachs outing at a topless bar. Although this…

A recent Temple University finds that pay disparities between women partners and male partners at law firms are not based upon lower productivity, as traditionally believed. In fact, according to the researchers women partners are as productive as their male counterparts. Consequently, the researchers concluded that female partners may earn…