[...] According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research , women’s median weekly wages for full-time work were 81 percent of men’s in 2012. Female entrepreneurs who graduated from the Goldman program had entered it with average salaries that were 80 percent those of their [...]

"Now, part of that gap can be accounted for by the differences between men and women in the number of hours worked and the occupations chosen — take that into account and the gap is smaller. But those things also have an inherent gender bias [...]

In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama made a plea for higher women’s wages. “You know, today, women make up about half our workforce, but they still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns,” he said. “That is wrong, [...]

The city is set to enact a law in April that requires businesses with at least 15 employees to offer paid sick days. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to go even further and require it from businesses with at least five employees. But similar policies [...]

The city is set to enact a law in April that requires businesses with at least 15 employees to offer paid sick days. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to go even further and require it from businesses with at least five employees. But similar policies [...]