By Colin Wolf According to projections from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, it'll take at least 21 more years before the state of Florida starts compensating women equally for the same jobs as men. While this seems like a long way off for Florida residents, it [...]

By Alexandra Bohannon Oklahoma currently has an equal pay statute on the books. Even with this law, however, the Institute of Women’s Policy Research projects that women in Oklahoma will not receive pay parity until 2068. It is clear that, despite making wage discrimination illegal [...]

By Elise Gould and Jessica Schieder While any new labor standard generates concerns about the business climate and job creation, the evidence from jurisdictions that have legislated earned paid sick days has been positive (National Partnership 2017a). The first jurisdiction to set a paid sick days [...]

By De Elizabeth While Emilia certainly isn't wrong about the unfair inequities between men and women in Hollywood (and in the workplace in general), it's generally not a good idea to compare anything to racism. For starters, Emilia (a white woman) cannot know what it's like [...]

By Claire Suddath There are two ways of looking at the wage gap. The first is to take a bird’s-eye view. The most significant reason women still make 80 percent of what men do is that they’re clustered into lower-paying fields, as seen at Citigroup. [...]

By Martha C. White Outdated gender roles are to blame, experts say. “I think the reason flexibility appears to be more important for women than it does to men relative to making money is probably in part because women have such greater responsibility of caregiving,” [...]