McDonald's has introduced a program aimed at boosting gender equality across the organization. The plan includes opportunities for career advancement, education support and the use of artificial intelligence to reduce bias during the hiring process.

The pay equity discussion heated up Friday when 28 members of the US women's national soccer team filed a federal lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation, alleging gender discrimination in salary, travel accommodations and training support, among other issues. The lawsuit also emphasizes that the women's team has been more successful than the men's team--winning multiple Olympic and World Cup championships--and generated significant profits for USSF.

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Goldman Sachs is attempting to balance its male-dominated workforce by offering hundreds of recent female graduates positions on its trading floors. Half of those going into trading in this year's class of junior analysts were women, a 140% increase from the previous year.

The Martin Agency's CEO, Kristen Cavallo, shares how the agency is changing in the wake of its own #MeToo controversy last year, including the appointment of Karen Costello as the shop's first female chief creative officer and the creation of a Talent & Culture department. The agency analyzed salaries to identify potential gender pay gaps, has introduced paternity leave and created a leadership team that has an equal gender balance.

As "architects of the culture," leaders should be engaged in improving employee engagement, writes Mark Miller. True engagement is seen in "how much someone cares about their work, their co-workers and their organization," Miller writes.