What Hasn’t Changed Most of the legislation passed by female chairs this year has been gender blind: Stabenow’s farm bill, Boxer’s transportation and water-resources bill, Murray’s budget and Mikulski’s appropriations bills. All four of those chairwomen say their success comes from a willingness to deal [...]

..."A significant amount of new work for women is in low-wage occupations. According to research from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), 60 percent of women’s job gains from 2009 to 2012 were in occupations that pay, on average, less than $10.10 an hour. Cashiers, [...]

..."A significant amount of new work for women is in low-wage occupations. According to research from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), 60 percent of women’s job gains from 2009 to 2012 were in occupations that pay, on average, less than $10.10 an hour. Cashiers, [...]

.. .“It’s a good, really exciting first step,” said Jane Henrici, a study director at the women’s policy institute. “It’s not the end.” Demand for direct-care workers is outpacing labor-pool growth, PHI found . The average age of in-home health-care workers is now 44, based [...]

Most women that are employed today will probably retire before they see pay equality in the workplace. That's because the gender wage gap -- or the difference between average full-time pay for women and men -- isn't expected to close until 2058 , according to [...]