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Unemployment Rate for Women and Men of Color Remains Higher Than for White Women and Men

According to the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Black women and men have the highest levels of unemployment, while whites have the lowest.

By IWPR|2021-01-17T22:30:18-05:00September 10, 2015|IWPR|Comments Off on Unemployment Rate for Women and Men of Color Remains Higher Than for White Women and Men

How the New Overtime Rule Will Help Women & Families

This report, a collaboration between the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and MomsRising, is an analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed change to the overtime threshold and how this change will affect working women.

By Heidi Hartmann, Jeff Hayes, Hailey Nguyen, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Hero Ashman|2020-11-15T00:07:54-05:00August 11, 2015|IWPR|Comments Off on How the New Overtime Rule Will Help Women & Families

Women Gain Two Out of Three New Jobs in June: Women Gained 150,000 and Men Gained 73,000 Jobs

According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the July employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women gained 150,000 jobs and men gained 73,000 for a total of 223,000 jobs added in June.

By IWPR|2020-11-15T00:41:06-05:00July 2, 2015|IWPR|Comments Off on Women Gain Two Out of Three New Jobs in June: Women Gained 150,000 and Men Gained 73,000 Jobs