Trends in Employment and Earnings
Women’s status in the area of employment and earnings has improved on two indicators since the publication of IWPR’s last national report on the status of women, the 2004 Status of Women in the States, and remained unchanged or declined on two others. Women’s median annual earnings for full-time, year-round work in 2013 ($39,157) were nearly identical to their earnings for similar work in 2002 ($39,108 when adjusted to 2013 dollars). The gender earnings ratio improved during this time from 76.6 to 78.3 percent, narrowing the gender wage gap by 1.7 percentage points, and the share of women working in professional or managerial occupations grew from 33.2 to 39.9 percent. Women’s labor force participation rate, however, declined from 59.6 in 2002 to 57.0 percent in 2014.
Do Universities Support Student Parents?
Handsel represents one of 3.9 million student-parents pursuing post-secondary education. [...]
The New Mexico Pay Equity Initiative in State Contracting
In January 28, 2009, Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico issued Executive Order 2009-004 ‘Fair and Equal Pay for All New Mexicans Initiative’ which formally declared that identifying and combating pay inequity and job segregation was the policy of the State of New Mexico and established a ‘Governor’s Taskforce on Fair and Equal Pay (“The Taskforce”).
Greater Access to Paid Sick Days Would Improve Health and Reduce Costs for State of Connecticut
According to research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, access to paid sick days among employees is associated with positive health outcomes.
