By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) A few weeks ago, The Glass Hammer shed some light on the Paycheck Fairness Act by speaking to the AAUW‘s passionate Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, Lisa Maatz, as well as labor and employment law attorney, Counsel Dena Calo of Genova, Burns & Vernoia. The Paycheck Fairness Act […]
By Gigi DeVault (Munich) I was doing fine until I released the whale bath toy into the bubbles from the Jacuzzi jets. I was fulfilling a working mother’s recurring dream. It goes like this: I slide into the frothing water—my shoulders are the tip of a languorous berg. I pour edelweiss nectar from the two […]
The Glass Hammer is pleased to bring back the Monday Business News Roundup, contributed by Beth Collinge of CTG – a division of ILX Group plc. US Fed Chairman Bernanke predicted a “moderate economic recovery” would unfold in the US during the next several quarters. For Britain, the Ernst & Young Item Club forecast weak […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) Technically, Massachusetts is in very close proximity to the bright lights and big city that is New York, but the small town of Hadley, where Elaine Sarsynski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MassMutual International and Executive Vice President and head of MassMutual’s Retirement Services business, called her home couldn’t […]
By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) “I would first start off by saying we are very comprehensive,” explained LaMae Allen deJongh, managing director of U.S. Human Capital & Diversity at Accenture. “We emphasize inclusiveness, not only of diversity you can see, but also diversity that is invisible. Different interests and backgrounds are what make […]
Contributed by Selena Rezvani, author of “The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School” If you think about it, we’re engaging in negotiations at work all the time. Whether we’re asking for the big promotion, the funding to attend a training or conference, for a vendor […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) In September of last year, The Glass Hammer informed readers of the first ever Accounting MOVE Project, which was spearheaded by the American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) along with Joanne Cleaver, president and founder of the research firm Wilson-Taylor Associates. The project and its accompanying report aimed to find […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) Heard the one about the girl sacked via Facebook? Or the woman fired for blogging about her sex life? The internet is a dangerous place. “While fewer than 2% of employers have terminated employees for violations committed on business or personal blogs, that number is certain to grow as workplace blogging […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) The InterOrganization Network (ION) recently released its annual Report on the Status of U.S. Women Directors and Executive Officers and, as has been the case for the past six years the study has been conducted, the results aren’t much to be excited about. Or, as ION more optimistically states, the […]
By Elizabeth Harrin (London) UK companies may be required to report on their efforts to get more women into the boardroom. The Government has asked the Financial Reporting Council, which is currently consulting on its UK Corporate Governance Code, to consider adding in a requirement to get companies to disclose what they are doing to […]