UPDATED Friday night, May 3: The government has appealed.

The following was posted today.

The never-ending story.

Instead of my annual equal pay rant, I'll be positive.

Start gathering that comp data, if you haven't already.

Hot darn! Two Friday quizzes in a row!

A deceased judge can't be the deciding vote, Court says.

A study says so. Therefore, it must be true!

One court says yes, but it's complicated.

A number of studies are showing that most, if not all, of the gender pay gap is explained by personal choices made by men and women. But how can employers protect themselves from claims of discrimination?

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, in 2015, women working full-time had median earnings that were 81 percent of the median earnings of their male counterparts. That is ...