According to Ariane Hegewisch, a study director at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, pay gaps between men and women are often wider in traditionally high-paying occupations. Six of the 10 occupations with the widest pay gaps had median weekly earnings of more than $1,100, [...]

On Thursday, the Philadelphia City Council passed paid sick days, and Mayor Michael Nutter (D) was expected to sign it into law at a ceremony afterward. The new law will require employers with 10 or more employees to allow their full-time and part-time workers to [...]

This exclusive new report spells it all out: which states are best (and worst) for your health, happiness, salary, everything . Let's play a quick game of Guess Who. You're on a plane, sandwiched between two young women: one from Washington, D.C., the other from [...]

The lack of quality, affordable childcare in the United States heated up since news emerged last year that tech giants Apple and Facebook will pay up to $20,000 for female employees to freeze their eggs if they want or need to delay motherhood. While many [...]

President Barack Obama's push to mandate paid sick leave generates two types of pushback. The first is a philosophical question about how much government interference is appropriate in the workplace, which can't be answered with data. The second type of resistance is different, because it [...]