By Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D. and Geanine Wester The people in cities and towns across Florida and the Caribbean (as well as those in Houston and the coastal areas) find themselves in the unenviable position that [...]

By Yolanda Putman Across the country, women earned 83 cents for every $1 earned by a man in 2015, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings of both full- and part-time employees. [...]

By Kate Weidaw and Jacqulyn Powell Austin City Council voted unanimously late Thursday night to develop a policy for private employers to offer paid sick leave to their workers. According to the Institute for Women’s [...]

By Martin Berman-Gorvine The EEOC says it’s OK for employers to offer women in pregnancy and childbirth more leave for medical reasons, she said. Parental leave should be offered “in an equitable fashion across the genders,” [...]

By Shawn M. Carter An attempt to equalize pay has reached the top of many companies' agendas, particularly with high-profile employers like Google addressing workplace parity and diversity. But while these initiatives have gained momentum, the [...]

By Mary Frances Mitchner In 1982, for the first time, more U.S. women graduated with bachelor’s degrees than men, and those numbers continue to rise. However, one group of women still faces major obstacles to degree [...]