Workplace Buzz: Today’s Headlines

Demands of Parenting for Working Women
Women view childlessness much more favorably than men do, likely because parenting places greater demands on mothers, especially those juggling work and family responsibilities, a new University of Florida study finds. Parenthood has very different consequences for women compared with men, said Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, a UF sociologist whose study is published in the November issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family. University of Florida News

Looking Again at the Supreme Court’s Decision
While some of us women were busy studying for midterms, editing research papers or just simply living our small lives here in Long Beach, the Supreme Court basically took away a woman's right to equal pay in the workplace. According to an article in Ms. Magazine, Lily Ledbetter was stripped of her civil rights in the Supreme Court's Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Inc. 5-4 decision back in May, but nearly nobody noticed or cared. The case tells how Ledbetter found out on the day of her retirement that she was getting paid 20 percent less then her male counterparts. Daily 49er

Gay Women Less Discriminated in the Workplace
University of New Hampshire research shows that employers discriminate more against gay men than against gay women in the workplace. The researchers found that gay men who live together earn 23% less than married men, and 9% less than unmarried heterosexual men who live with a woman. According to the study by UNH's Whittemore School of Business and Economics, discrimination is most pronounced in management and male-dominated occupations such as construction and production. WCAX TV