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The 2023 Motherhood Penalty: The Sorry State Of Affairs For Working Women Continues

Allwork

This compulsory requirement has put slightly more pressure on employers, yet the absence of any legal requirement to reduce the pay gap means that many companies remain inactive on this issue. has fallen five places since 2014 (it currently occupies 14th place in the OECD’s rankings). In the U.K. This is due to the U.K.’s In the U.K.,

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18 Million Americans Work in Multi-Level Marketing

Small Business Labs

The Economist article  Pharaonic creations covers the growing multi-level marketing industry and the various legal battles around whether or not they are illegal pyramid schemes.  According to the Direct Selling Association  (DSA), the industry's trade group, in 2014 these firms generated $34 billion in U.S.

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