By Jillian Berman “It’s easier to address a problem if you know you’re being paid less than a colleague working the same job. When you don’t have that information you really can’t do anything to address the issue.” Chandra Childers, senior research scientist at Institute for [...]

By Quentin Fottrell One profession is lagging when it comes to women’s pay, but it’s not tech. 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 [...]

By Jordan Weissmann On the other hand, an especially progressive state like Massachusetts or California might still want to give it a try. Ariane Hegewisch, the program director for employment and earnings at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, told me that as of now there’s [...]

By Elise Solé Kotb will maintain her job as co-anchor of the show’s fourth hour, with Kathie Lee Gifford, a role she’s held since 2007. Per the Post, “Kotb gets up around 4 a.m. to host Today from 7 to 9 a.m., then records updates [...]

By Aaliyah Barnes An analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) found that from October 2016 to October 2017, 160,300 women lost jobs in the retail industry, while 106,000 men found jobs in the industry. As more women began to lose out on opportunities in the retail [...]

By Marc Bain As if the persistent wage gap between women and men weren’t enough, women have also been disproportionately hammered by the wave of job losses hitting US retail. Between October 2016 and October 2017, the retail industry lost 54,300 jobs, according to an analysis of [...]