We believe that economic justice begins with fair compensation for all women, and we build evidence to support equal pay policies, livable
minimum wages, unions and labor rights, and better of job quality for women and their families.
DOWNLOAD REPORT The Gender Wage Gap: 2017 Earnings [...]
Approximately 41 percent of workers in Dallas lack paid sick time, and low-income and part-time workers are especially unlikely to be covered. Access to paid sick time promotes safe and healthy work environments by preventing the spread of illness.
This briefing paper presents estimates of access to paid sick time in San Antonio by sex, race and ethnicity, employment sector, occupation, part/full-time employment status, and earnings levels through analyses of government data sources, including the 2014–2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS).
DOWNLOAD REPORT The gender wage gap in weekly [...]
DOWNLOAD REPORT The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation [...]
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analyzed Connecticut SB-1, An Act Concerning Earned Family and Medical Leave, to estimate its likely annual use and cost.
Labor unions deserve credit for many of the workplace policies that Americans now take for granted—a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, pay for overtime, and protections from health and safety hazards—and the labor movement continues to champion state and local policies such as paid sick days and paid family leave, policies that are beneficial to all working women and families.
DOWNLOAD REPORT Policymakers across the country are increasingly [...]
DOWNLOAD REPORT February 5, 2018, marks the 25th anniversary [...]
The IWPR/Rockefeller Survey of Economic Security is the first to ask workers whether there are policies at their work places that discourage or prohibit sharing information about pay.
