Gender issues

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.

The Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance announced the recipients of its 2020 Women Who Count Awards during its virtual Women Who Count Awards luncheon, held on Oct. 30.

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants will also hold its European and American events on the same day, Nov. 11, for the first time this year.

Take an inside look at the 10 most female-friendly workplaces in the accounting profession.

The annual Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance event will be held online from Oct. 28-30, 2020.

The state society honored three female professionals across Experienced and Emerging Leader categories.

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs honored seven female professionals — four Emerging Leaders and three Experienced Leaders — for their contributions to the profession.

A panel of female professionals discuss how firms can raise women's value and marketability in the workplace.

Hailee Johnson, a manager in UHY’s audit practice in Michigan, led a softball team sponsored by the firm to a World Series C Softball Championship in 2017, and she is hoping to do the same this year.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs highlighted local professionals who are advancing the profession forward in such areas as diversity, innovation and education.