" According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research , the pay gap between men and women is about 23 percent. But in the public sector, the pay gap between men and women is only [...]

"San Francisco is one of the few cities nationally to have passed a paid sick leave ordinance. 'When it was passed, employers said it was going to be a job killer and that the record keeping was [...]

"Because the government has failed to provide and subsidize quality childcare, families, including many in the middle class (68 percent of respondents to a 2010 national survey of in-home childcare providers were employed by two [...]

Experts Available to Comment on Walmart v. Dukes Decision

"Local business organizations vigorously opposed San Francisco's[Paid Sick Leave] law when it was proposed, predicting job losses, shuttered businesses and slashed benefits. But they were wrong. A recent survey by the Institute of Women's Policy [...]

"Local business organizations vigorously opposed San Francisco's[Paid Sick Leave] law when it was proposed, predicting job losses, shuttered businesses and slashed benefits. But they were wrong. A recent survey by the Institute of Women's Policy [...]