Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS highlights findings from the IWPR Status of Women and Girls in Colorado report
Watch - Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS highlights findings from the [...]
Watch - Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS highlights findings from the [...]
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) was passed 50 years ago, [...]
Monday marks 50 years since the Equal Pay Act [...]
Despite making great strides in the past 50 years, the [...]
Despite making great strides in the past 50 years, the [...]
President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Equal Pay [...]
June 10, 2013, marks 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act. According to research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), pay parity is not expected to be achieved until 2057, 45 years from now, if the rate of progress since 1960 continues.
According to analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) of the June employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job growth for both women and men improved in May compared to April. Of the 175,000 total jobs added to nonfarm payrolls, women gained 82,000 jobs (47 percent) while men gained 93,000 jobs (53 percent). For the first time since December 2008, the unemployment rate for women who head households without a spouse fell below ten percent.
A recent Pew Center report found that in a record [...]
It’s been a big week for women in the workplace. [...]