Wage Gap
Fair Pay for Women of Color: Starting With Early Learning and Child Care
Women of color deserve fair pay – early learning and childcare are great places to start.
Pandemic Is Likely to Undo Progress on Gender Wage Gap, New Research Shows
The unemployment penalty that millions of women face after losing or leaving jobs during the pandemic seems likely to widen the gender wage gap in coming years.
NYC Job Salary Law Called 'Transformative' by Some, 'Unnecessary' by Others
New York City's new law, which forces companies to post minimum and maximum salaries on job listings, has drawn reaction from many.
Is the Fight for $15 Going to Cost Low-wage Workers Their Health Insurance?
The critical implication, to us, is that if policymakers want to raise the minimum wage, they need to consider whether workers have alternative sources of insurance coverage.
New Study Shows That Asking For Salary History Perpetuates Systemic Racism
New research from the Boston University School of Law shows that banning employers from asking about past wages can partially close gender and racial wage gaps.
New York Latest State to Ban Employers From Asking for Wage History
New York State enacted a law Monday that bans employers from asking prospective employees how much money they earned in previous jobs.
500 Canadian Doctors Protest Pay Raises
Hundreds of Canadian doctors have signed a petition protesting their own pay raises, instead asking that the salary increase be reallocated to help nurses and patients in need.
Older Americans Suffer the Most From Wage Gap
The gap between wealthy and poor seniors is one of the widest in any nation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation.
Equal Pay Day: The States With the Worst Gender Pay Gap
The annual Equal Pay Day is held to highlight the ongoing gender pay gap.
Clinton, Courting Female Voters, Decries Pay Gap
At a statistic-laden event in New York, Hillary Clinton vowed to wage women's wages.
Why the White Working Class Abandoned the Democrats
In the 1980s, the Democrats began taking campaign funding from big corporations, Wall Street and the very wealthy.
Hard Facts About the Pay Gap Between Men and Women
Some argue the gap is due to "women's choices," but that hides key cultural and social factors.
Child Marriages, Less Pay: The Unequal World Women Face
Whether it's child marriage or maternity leave, progress over the past 20 years has been mixed.
Sarah Silverman is Crowdfunding $29 Trillion Owed to Working Women
The comedian's Equal Payback Project is raising the estimated $29 trillion owed to all working women