• 2013 Breaking Traditions Awards We attended the 2013 Breaking Traditions Award Ceremony on May 15, 2013, an annual event honoring Michigan students preparing for careers nontraditional for their gender. Patty Cantu, the Director of the Office of Career and Technical Education, also represents the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the Michigan Women's Commission. In her remarks, she noted that "Today, many people take for granted the fact that any career is open to anyone. In the near distant past, that wasn't always so. Even though today it is theoretically true, non-traditional career aspirations still require a special person with strong principles and characteristics to pursue a career where most of their workplace peers will be of the opposite gender. And, even today, the reality is that the playing field is not entirely level for many groups of competitors in the job market." For the full remarks, click "more"

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• A Guide to Women's Equal Pay Rights The US Dept. of Labor's Women's Bureau has just released its guide on "Equal Pay A Guide to Women's Equal Pay Rights" in English and Spanish. The guide educates employees about their rights under the existing equal pay laws with detailed answers to questions such as: "What are my equal pay and compensation rights under federal law?" The guide also supplies helpful tips and resources if you feel you are experiencing compensation discrimination. Click on "more" for pdf's of the guides.

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