Across the US, female full-time, year-round workers were paid 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man, which is a gender pay gap of 18%, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. And [...]

By Caitlin Cruz Women held 50.04 percent of jobs in December, with 109,000 more women holding jobs than men, according to the data. Some professions that have historically been considered “women’s work” have seen growth, [...]

by Martha Burk By far the most influential of several U.S. think tanks specializing in issues of importance to women, IWPR grew from a small three-person shop to a powerhouse in the policy community under [...]

By Martin Austermuhle Advocates of the law say this could play out in a few ways. First, if a woman who has been working retail for a year leaves her job late in her pregnancy, [...]

By Andrew Keshner Denmark’s paid parental leave laws give mothers four weeks of wage replacement before birth and 14 weeks after that. They then have an additional 32 weeks, which they can split with the [...]

Women held more U.S. jobs than men in December for the first time in nearly a decade, a development that likely reflects the future of the American workforce. The gap between men and women on [...]