Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor Women's Bureau.The Gender Wage Gap: Exploring the EvidenceToday we recognize Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the current year women must work to earn what men earned the previous year. Women still earn only 79 cents to the man’s dollar and women of [...]
Source: The White House.The White House, WashingtonOne day in 1917, a dozen women gathered in front of the White House to stage a silent protest for women’s right to vote. Women suffragists picketing in front of the White House. Spectators yelled at them, kicked them, and spit on them. They [...]
by Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Barbara Gault, Ph.D., and Ariane Hegewisch. Source: Institute for Women's Policy Research.The 79 percent wage ratio figure, the most commonly used figure to measure the gender wage gap in the United States, is often derided as misleading, a myth, or worst of all, a lie. In [...]
Source: American Association of University Women (AAUW) You’ve probably heard that men are paid more than women are paid over their lifetimes. But what does that mean? Are women paid less because they choose lower-paying jobs? Is it because more women work part time than men do? Or is it [...]
Participating Executives and Leaders to Explore Gender Pay Gap Causes and Solutions in a Moderated DiscussionNEW YORK, NY and MILL VALLEY, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 7, 2016) - Glassdoor®, the world's most transparent jobs and recruiting marketplace, will host a roundtable on pay equality featuring Hillary Clinton and a number of [...]
The next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 12, 2016. This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to [...]
By Sarah Grant. Source: Bloomberg Business. It's hard to argue that women don't take some kind of salary penalty—most studies have found some gap between what the genders earn—but in some fields, women are at a particular disadvantage, new research shows. A report released on Wednesday by salary website Glassdoor found [...]
Living below the poverty level is the harsh reality for over 40% of Latina-headed households, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families "Latinas and the Wage Gap". The disparity in earnings is crushing their families: Latinas working full time earn an average of 54 cents for every dollar [...]