What Barbie Can Teach Us About the Gender Wage Gap ArticleJul 26, 2023 What Barbie Can Teach Us About the Gender Wage Gap Despite decades of efforts to boost women’s representation throughout the U.S. economy, women still face a pay gap in nearly every single occupation—even high-paying ones. Jul 26, 2023 Rose Khattar, Sara Estep, Lily Roberts, 1 More Maggie Jo Buchanan
Raising Wages, Closing Pay Gaps: Tackling Fair Pay for Black Women Past EventJul 24, 2023 Raising Wages, Closing Pay Gaps: Tackling Fair Pay for Black Women Tune in below to watch a discussion on the connection between raising the minimum wage and Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Jul 24, 2023 Rose Khattar, Jocelyn Frye, Edwith Theogene
Why Federal Pay Data Collection Is Critical to Equity ArticleJul 18, 2023 Why Federal Pay Data Collection Is Critical to Equity Kalpana Kotagal’s confirmation to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offers promise for the reinstatement of federal pay data collection, a critical pay equity tool discontinued in 2019. Jul 18, 2023 Isabela Salas-Betsch, Lauren Hoffman
What To Know About the Gender Wage Gap as the Equal Pay Act Turns 60 ArticleJun 8, 2023 What To Know About the Gender Wage Gap as the Equal Pay Act Turns 60 New analysis by the Center for American Progress shows that working women have cumulatively lost $61 trillion in wages since 1967. Jun 8, 2023 Rose Khattar, Sara Estep
Rubio’s Plan Would Hurt Women’s Economic Security, Not Offer Real Paid Leave ArticleAug 5, 2022 Rubio’s Plan Would Hurt Women’s Economic Security, Not Offer Real Paid Leave Sen. Marco Rubio’s purported paid parental leave plan would hurt, rather than help, women by cutting the retirement benefits they need. Aug 5, 2022 Molly Weston Williamson
How the Government Can End Poverty for Native American Women ReportOct 22, 2021 How the Government Can End Poverty for Native American Women American Indian and Alaska Native women in the United States make just 60 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, and this wage gap forces too many of them and their families into poverty. Oct 22, 2021 Arohi Pathak
10 Essential Actions To Promote Equal Pay ReportMar 24, 2021 10 Essential Actions To Promote Equal Pay The Biden administration should restart the collection of employer pay data, convene a new interagency equal pay task force, undertake an initiative to promote greater pay transparency, and designate more funding for enforcement of equal pay protections in order to regain lost ground and make progress for working women. Mar 24, 2021 Jocelyn Frye
10 Actions Employers Can Take To Secure Equal Pay for Black Women ArticleAug 13, 2020 10 Actions Employers Can Take To Secure Equal Pay for Black Women Employers have a pivotal role to play in establishing pay practices within workplaces and correcting the disparities that have eroded Black women’s pay for decades. Aug 13, 2020 Jocelyn Frye
$546 Billion and Counting: Senate Inaction on Paycheck Fairness Continues to Shortchange Women ArticleMar 26, 2020 $546 Billion and Counting: Senate Inaction on Paycheck Fairness Continues to Shortchange Women Women working full time earned an estimated $546.3 billion less than their male counterparts in the year since the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act. With each day the Senate fails to act, this earnings gap will only expand. Mar 26, 2020 Robin Bleiweis
Quick Facts About the Gender Wage Gap Fact SheetMar 24, 2020 Quick Facts About the Gender Wage Gap This fact sheet defines the gender wage gap, identifies what drives it, and quantifies its impact on women and their families. Mar 24, 2020 Robin Bleiweis
Observing Minimum Wage Workers’ Equal Pay Day ArticleMar 19, 2020 Observing Minimum Wage Workers’ Equal Pay Day March 19 marks how far into the new year minimum wage workers must work to earn the same amount they did in 2009, the year Congress last increased the federal minimum wage. Mar 19, 2020 Lily Roberts, Galen Hendricks, Robin Bleiweis
Why Pay Data Matter in the Fight for Equal Pay ReportMar 2, 2020 Why Pay Data Matter in the Fight for Equal Pay Ensuring comprehensive pay data collection is essential to combating gender-based pay discrimination and securing equal pay for all women. Mar 2, 2020 Jocelyn Frye
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