In the past 30 years, the wage gap between men and women has narrowed considerably. In 1979, the year the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking salary information by gender, women earned just 62 percent of what men did. Women now earn an average of 81.6 cents for every dollar men do. Perhaps the biggest factor? MORE >>

new Pay Raise Index, launched today by social HR pioneer, TribeHR, reveals that women received more pay raises than men during the first nine months of 2012, but men earned larger pay raises. percent of women received raises while only 6.2 Looking at pay raises of 5 percent or more, 60 percent went to men and just 38 percent to women. MORE >>

'The wage gap, of course, is the gap between men and women. But we talk about the wage gap between men and women like it is some Escher  puzzle that we can solve through infinite stories in the media. But in fact, the wage gap between men and women is as big a red herring as the gap between black and white men. Women MORE >>

The mechanics of the negotiation are the same for men and women, but the strategies often vary between the two sexes. Women tend to value relationships over outcomes and are willing to compromise in an effort to keep the relationship intact. They ask for a particular salary with less compromise and are concerned with outcomes. MORE >>

What do women want at work? This infographic (compiled of results from a global LinkedIn study ) shows what women want from their job. Takeaways: In present terms, ‘success’ means finding the right balance between work and a personal life to 63% of women questioned. What Women Want at Work [INFOGRAPHIC]. MORE >>