It’s been a big week for women in the workplace. According to a  Pew Research Center report (PDF) released on Wednesday, mothers now represent 40 percent of all breadwinners in U.S. households with kids, a [...]

WARREN, NH — Women in full-time year-round jobs earned 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man . Yet, at a town hall earlier this week, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) claimed that Congress has [...]

IWPR Executive Director and Vice President Barbara Gault talked about a Census Bureau report, “Who’s Minding the Kids,” which examined child care in the U.S. Among the topics they addressed were the cost of child [...]

"The results assume the earnings gap stays steady through the years. Although woman have made made significant strides at closing the difference, the gap actually widened last year. In 2012, women earned 80.9 cents per [...]

"T he unemployment rate in California at the time was 12% — and critics, which included the California Chamber of Commerce, said businesses could ill afford a law that would mandate paid sick leave. Such [...]