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Earned Sick Time in Chicago Would Benefit Business, Reduce Health Care Costs

Washington, DC—As Chicago City Council legislators consider the Earned Sick Time Ordinance, new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) estimates that providing paid sick days to newly covered workers is expected to yield savings of more than $6.4 million annually, after employer costs and benefits are calculated.

March 5, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

Exclusive: Report Finds Taking A Paid Day Off When Sick Is A Privilege Of The Wealthy

In 2012, 61 percent of private sector workers older than 18 had access to paid sick days, an increase from 57 percent in 2009, according to a new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) offered exclusively to ThinkProgress. While the country now [...]

March 4, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

44% of San Diegans Lack Access to Earned Sick Days

A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) finds that 44 percent of San Diego’s private sector employees lack access to a single earned sick day. More than half of San Diego's Hispanic workers (55%) lack access to earned sick days, compared with forty percent of both black and white workers.

February 26, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

There Is a Salary Gap Even When Women Pay Themselves

[...] 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 [...]

February 21, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

‘Williams,’ the Princess and the Gender Pay Gap

"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 [...]

February 7, 2014|Categories: Press Hits|

Women’s Job Growth Halts in January; Men Have Regained 81 Percent of Jobs Lost in the Recession
Women’s Job Growth Halts in January; Men Have Regained 81 Percent of Jobs Lost in the Recession

Women’s Job Growth Halts in January; Men Have Regained 81 Percent of Jobs Lost in the Recession

According to an Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) analysis of the February employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women lost 51,000 jobs on nonfarm payrolls in January, while men gained 164,000 for a net increase of 113,000 jobs. As of January, women have more than recovered all their jobs lost in the recession, while men have regained 81 percent (4.9 million) of the jobs they lost.

February 7, 2014|Categories: Press Releases|

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