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Nearly 3 in 4 Accommodation and Food Service Workers in Orange County, Florida, Lack Access to Paid Sick Days

Washington, DC —A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that 45 percent of workers living in Orange County, Florida, lack even a single paid sick day. This lack of access is especially pronounced among Hispanic workers, with 56 percent lacking [...]

August 20, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Hispanic and Food Service Workers among the Least Likely to Have Paid Sick Days in San Jose

A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that 35 percent of San Jose’s private sector employees lack access to a single paid sick day. More than half (52 percent) of Hispanic workers in San Jose lack access to this important benefit.

August 13, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Why Are There So Many Women in Public Relations?

Women make up 63 percent of public relations “specialists,” according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, and 59 percent of all PR managers. If you include the advertising world, the people shaping your media messages are 60 percent female, compared to 47 percent of the [...]

August 12, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Tallying Female Workers Isn’t Enough to Make Tech More Diverse

Okay. So. We have all this data. We have acknowledgement from leaders in tech that we have a long way to go. We have a baseline of sorts. We also know that the numbers alone don't foment change. Now what? Assuming the goal is to [...]

August 12, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Tallying Female Workers Isn't Enough to Make Tech More Diverse

Okay. So. We have all this data. We have acknowledgement from leaders in tech that we have a long way to go. We have a baseline of sorts. We also know that the numbers alone don't foment change. Now what? Assuming the goal is to [...]

August 12, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

All the Jobs Growth Last Month Went to Women. (And That’s Not Necessarily Good News for Them.)

A remarkable piece of news came out along with last month's job report — of the 74,000 jobs added to the U.S. economy in December, all of them went to women . Women today are definitely doing better than they were in the depths of [...]

August 4, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

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