What You Need to Know about Negotiating Compensation
July 2013
Presented by the ABA Presidential Task Force on Gender Equity and the Commission on Women in the Profession
Study after study has long shown that women lawyers are not paid at the same level as their male counterparts. In August 2012, American Bar Association President Laurel G. Bellows appointed a blue-ribbon Task Force on Gender Equity to recommend solutions for eliminating gender bias in the legal profession, with a principal focus on the disparity in compensation between male and female partners. Andrea Kramer, WLMA's President, has co-authored this guide which is one in a series of projects the Task Force has implemented to promote gender equity.
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WLMA
Progress Report: The Equal Pay Act a Half-Century Later
By Pat Sturdevant
Los Angeles Daily Journal: March 2013
This year marks a half century since the passage of the Equal Pay Act, which outlawed wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs requiring substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions. This guarantee of equal pay for equal work for America's women was signed by John F. Kennedy in 1963 and codified as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
Andrea Kramer: Promoting Gender Equality
Chicago Lawyer Magazine: February 2012
As Part of the Yearlong, Inspiration Series
Andie Kramer, a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery, was the subject of an article in February'sChicago Lawyer Magazine. The article is part of a yearlong series that profiles people who are thinking outside the box and inspiring their colleagues. The article on Andie describes her as an “inspiring innovator” and emphasizes her ideas and leadership on gender equality and communication in the workplace.
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