by Erin Delmore Currently, many workers are barred from knowing how much their colleagues make. Around half of workers surveyed by the Institute for Women's Policy Research in 2011 said that talk of wage and salary information was either discouraged or prohibited at their workplace and could lead to [...]

By Judith Ohikuare The decision is set to impact women and workers of colour, as unions have traditionally helped disenfranchised groups fight for fair pay. "Unions play an essential role in boosting the quality of jobs around the country and the research shows that women [...]

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 separate analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization. (Critically, that does not account for women who [...]

By Martha T. Moore Across all occupations, women working full time earn about 82 percent of what men do, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a social science research institute. Barring wage-history questions is one proposal seeking to narrow the gender wage gap. [...]

By Joanna Nesbit Teach girls to ask for a job description. From the beginning, teach girls to ask what their job duties are, says Chandra Childers, senior research scientist for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Clear job descriptions help girls see when they’re being asked to [...]

By Senator Heidi Heitkamp Even with the strides made over so many decades, on average, North Dakota women still make 74 percent of what men make for the same work — the fifth worst pay gap in the country. According to the Institute for Women's [...]