Large number of Maryland workers don't have it, advocates say Raquel Rojas has never worked for a company that gave her paid sick leave. Sometimes even unpaid leave isn't on offer. The Baltimore resident said a restaurant that employed her as a line cook three [...]
Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, addresses delegates during the first day of the Democratic national convention in Charlotte. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters At the polls Tuesday, some voters will matter more than others. And those voters are likely [...]
Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, addresses delegates during the first day of the Democratic national convention in Charlotte. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters At the polls Tuesday, some voters will matter more than others. And those voters are likely [...]
Women voters are considered key to the election results. Neither party has a lock on the outcome in one of the tightest races in history. Yet, women's issues were never mentioned in the first presidential debate focusing on domestic topics. In the second presidential debate, [...]
Women have made tremendous gains in education, employment and earnings in the past 50 years, but there is still a persistent gender pay gap. Even young working women continue to lag behind men. Among recent college graduates, full-time working women on average earn 82% of [...]
In 2011, men working full-time earned a median of $48,765. Women earned just $38,373. That difference of more than $10,000 only tells part of the story of the continuing gender wage gap in this country. Depending on the industry, men in some states earn as [...]