Low-Wage, Part-Time, and Service Workers Are the Least Likely to Have Access to Paid Sick Days in Minnesota
Washington, DC —New analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy [...]
New Data Shows Little Progress in Closing the Gender Wage Gap while Policies that Could Address Pay Inequality Stall
A fact sheet by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) uses updated data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau to chart the gender earnings ratio since 1960 and analyzes changes in earnings during the last year by gender, race, and ethnicity. The gender wage ratio improved slightly from 76.5 percent in 2012 to 78.3 percent in 2013, which the Census Bureau reported was not statistically significant. Moreover, an IWPR analysis finds that, if current trends are projected forward, women will not receive equal pay until 2058. This date is unchanged from last year, further indicating stalled progress in closing the gender wage gap.
Women Gained 2 Out of Every 3 Jobs Added in August; Men Still Short 350,000 Jobs from Pre-Recession Employment Levels
According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the September employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), although the total number of jobs lost in the recession has been recovered (139,118,000 jobs in August 2014 vs 138,350,000 jobs in December 2007 when the recession began), men are still short 350,000 from the start of the recession.
Map: Where Working Women are Most Equal
The status of working women is strongest in the Northeast, [...]
Men Outpacing Women in Job Gains
"Women also were dispro portionately affected by about 800,000 government [...]
Washington, DC, Ranks Highest for Women’s Employment and Earnings; West Virginia Ranks Lowest
According to a new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), states across the nation vary widely in their progress towards achieving equality for women in the workplace, with the District of Columbia ranking the highest in the nation for women’s employment and earnings, while West Virginia ranked the lowest. The analysis includes state-by-state rankings and letter grades based on a composite score of economic indicators, including women’s labor force participation, median annual earnings for women, the gender earnings ratio between women and men employed full-time and year-round, and the percentage of employed women in managerial or professional occupations. IWPR has been calculating and tracking state rankings in this area since 1996.
Report: Tech creating black, Hispanic underclass
Whereas 88% of computer and math jobs and 85% of [...]
Nearly half of workers in California don’t get paid sick days, analysis finds
Forty four percent of workers in California don’t get any [...]
Obama: ‘More work to do’ on equality for women
Senate Republicans in April rejected the Paycheck Fairness Act, which [...]
Gap Pays Men and Women Employees Equally, So Why Can’t Everyone Else Get Their Acts Together?
This news is just another move on Gap’s part toward [...]
