Access to paid sick days could save $1 billion in medical costs annually according to a report released today by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR).
"The Census Bureau released a new unofficial count of poverty in America on Monday, showing about 16 percent of the population live at or below the poverty line. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with The Brookings Institution's Ron Haskins and the Institute for Women's [...]
The Census Bureau released a new unofficial count of poverty in America showing about 16 percent of the population live at or below the poverty line. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with IWPR's Heidi Hartmann and Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution. Watch>>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2011 Washington, DC --Women gained 66,000 of the 80,000 jobs gained this month, and they also gained 136,000 jobs in August and September compared with men's gain of 126,000 in those two months, as reported in the Bureau of Labor [...]
"But as women's careers and earnings have taken off, their contributions have swelled Social Security's coffers. "Men and women are living longer, and women's contributions to the system have paid for that," Mulligan says. "When Social Security was founded, people weren't expected to be retired [...]
"Because of the investment losses stemming from the financial crisis, Social Security has become even more of a lifeline for many older Americans. From 1999 to 2009, their incomes from financial assets fell by 25 percent to 50 percent, according to research by the Institute [...]
