The status of working women is strongest in the Northeast, the region home to many of the most-equal states by employment and earnings, according to a national analysis. Massachusetts had the highest score among states, according to the analysis of four factors conducted by the Institute [...]

"Women also were dispro portionately affected by about 800,000 government job cuts from 2010 to 2013, and only a small portion of those have come back, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics. And while women have benefited from consistent growth in health care, [...]

Whereas 88% of computer and math jobs and 85% of engineering and architecture jobs in Santa Clara County offer sick pay, 59% of building and grounds cleaning jobs and 55% of private protective service jobs do not, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. [...]

Forty four percent of workers in California don’t get any paid sick days, according to a new analysis. That finding is part of a briefing paper published Tuesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which advocates for such policies, and it offers estimates on paid [...]