Is it legal to pay a woman a different salary than a man for equal work?
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that it is OK legal to pay women a different salary for the same work as a man. Yes, really!!
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Geys Wins, Geys Wins, Geys Wins: Investment Banker Wins Case Against SocGen
By: Ainsley Brown The investment banker who turned down €7.9 million in severance to sue for over €10 million has won his case against the French bank Société Générale (SocGen). The banker in question, Mr. Raphael Geys, was the head of SocGen’s London based European fixed income financial sales division until 2007 when he was given the sack. Mr. Geys
Banker Turns Down €7.9 Million And Sues For €10 Million Plus
By: Ainsley Brown What’s a few million euros between friends, right? SocGen – Sociètè Gènèrale – one of France’s oldest and most respected banks is being sued in the English High Court by one of its former managing directors. Raphael Geys, the investment banker in question, was until November 2007 when his employment was terminated a managing director at SocGen
CIBC Loses Age Discrimination Case In The UK
By: Ainsley Brown It would seem that yet another Canadian bank has received a wrap on the knuckles in the UK. The latest bank to be disciplined: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), who lost an employment age discrimination case. The case was brought by a 42 year old London based banker who was made redundant in 2008 as part of
August 1: A Day Of Remembrance
By: Ainsley Brown This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series on Law is Cool. Why am I wearing all black today? Am I in mourning? No, not exactly. Then why? Well it is August 1: Emancipation Day. I am wearing black today not to so much mourn but to remember. To remember that it was today 175 years
GM Continues Its Restructuring Long March With Plans To Sell Vauxhall.
By: Ainsley Brown General Motors (GM) this week in another move in its restructuring plan has taken further steps to divest itself of its European operations. First it was Swedish Saab now it’s the UK’s Vauxhall. According to the report in the Times GM is prepared to sell Vauxhall at a discount price – you could even say at a