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Elizabeth Rowe Lawsuit Settles And We’re No Closer To Change Than When Everything Started

Tue, Feb 2, 2019
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 190
Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Principal Flute, Elizabeth Rowe, has settled her case alleging sex-based pay discrimination. Both parties entered mediation in December 2018 and at the time, the concern was any settlement may have a nondisclosure agreement attached. It turns out, that concern was justified. News of a settlement was released last week and a
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Elizabeth Rowe’s Sex-Based Equal Pay Bias Complaint Goes To Mediation

Thu, Dec 12, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 157
According to a report by Geoff Edgers in the 12/11/2018 edition of the Washington Post, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and their principal flute, Elizabeth Rowe, are headed to mediation in an attempt to settle her lawsuit alleging sex-based pay discrimination. We’ve been covering the lawsuit since it was announced so if you’re just jumping
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Breaking Down The Elizabeth Rowe Complaint

Fri, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 190
Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) principal flute Elizabeth Rowe is suing her employer “to recover over $200,000 in unpaid wages unequal to the pay of a comparable male musician.” We’re going to examine the bulk of her complaint on a point by point basis. It would be surprising to see the suit go to trial but
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Time To Tame The Wild West Of Equal Pay

Tue, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 143
I had the pleasure of being an on-air guest for a segment of KPCC 89.3’s AirTalk; lively and in-depth discussions of city news, politics, science, entertainment, the arts, and more, hosted by Larry Mantle. We talked about Elizabeth Rowe’s lawsuit and took a deeper dive into how individual agreements work along with some of the
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Equal Work, Equal Pay Lawsuit Could Change The Entire Landscape Of Musician Individual Agreements

Fri, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 125
For far too long, orchestras have relied on a combination of hierarchical tradition and path of least resistance to arrive at terms for musician individual agreements. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of environment that leads to cronyism, discrimination, and resentment. I like to call it the garbage in, garbage out method of negotiating individual
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