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At current pace, Louisiana women won’t see equal pay until 2115: study
At current pace, Louisiana women won’t see equal pay until 2115: study

At current pace, Louisiana women won’t see equal pay until 2115: study

By Jennifer Larino Louisiana remains among the worst states in the nation for working women, with a wage gap between male and female earners that is wider than anywhere else in the country and more [...]

March 28, 2018|

Here’s How You Answer the Illegal “What’s Your Current Salary” Question
Here’s How You Answer the Illegal “What’s Your Current Salary” Question

Here’s How You Answer the Illegal “What’s Your Current Salary” Question

By Stav Ziv As Ariane Hegewisch, employment and earnings program director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research explains, it’s pretty typical for companies to hire somebody and give them a percentage increase from their previous salary, [...]

March 20, 2018|

There’s one big reason women out-earn men in these 7 places in the U.S.
There’s one big reason women out-earn men in these 7 places in the U.S.

There’s one big reason women out-earn men in these 7 places in the U.S.

By Quentin Fottrell Female personal financial advisers make little more than half (56.4%) of men in the same job, compared with 83% overall, according to a recent analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington, [...]

March 19, 2018|

Here’s why companies should invest their tax windfall in diversity
Here’s why companies should invest their tax windfall in diversity

Here’s why companies should invest their tax windfall in diversity

By Anora M. Guadiano 1. Equalize pay between men and women and workers who are from minority backgrounds. This will reduce employee turnover and improve retention of talented workers. According to the Institute for Women’s [...]

March 17, 2018|

Poverty, income gaps hit Hispanic women harder than any other group
Poverty, income gaps hit Hispanic women harder than any other group

Poverty, income gaps hit Hispanic women harder than any other group

By Dallas Morning News Editorial That is the case with a report recently released by the Dallas Women's Foundation and the Institute for Women's Policy Research that found that Hispanic women are locked in poverty in our [...]

March 17, 2018|

Let’s Talk About Feminism
Let’s Talk About Feminism

Let’s Talk About Feminism

By Taylor Rose I think it’s important to realize just how inequality affects women, especially in the workplace. According to a study done by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2016 women with full-time, year-round [...]

March 16, 2018|

At current pace, Louisiana women won’t see equal pay until 2115: study

Here’s How You Answer the Illegal “What’s Your Current Salary” Question

There’s one big reason women out-earn men in these 7 places in the U.S.

Here’s why companies should invest their tax windfall in diversity

Poverty, income gaps hit Hispanic women harder than any other group

Let’s Talk About Feminism

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