While Lyft's attempt to raise awareness
about the gender wage gap echoes similar corporate moves that capitalize on these national awareness days, the company has recently doubled down on efforts to fix its own pay parity issues.
By now, you've likely heard
about the gender wage gap — it exists in all industries, although the percentages vary.
They asked me about the current climate for job seekers, salary negotiation, and reasons for my writing and publishing
about the gender wage gap.
Not exact matches
Some women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut in free time for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by
about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point
gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.
The ride - sharing replaced its car icons with symbols representing the
gender wage gap — an unequal sign, to be exact — in honor of Equal Pay Day Tuesday, aiming to raise awareness
about an issue that still plagues women in the workplace.
Marking Equal Pay Day, Cuomo advanced legislation to prohibit all employers, public and private, who do business in New York, from asking prospective employees
about their salary history and compensation, putting the state New York on track to close the
gender wage gap.
If you can do any of get, say, a couple of million people to sign a petition calling for the abolition of the minimum
wage; win parliamentary seats by running on this issue; or provide polling evidence showing majorities would repeal the race,
gender discrimination laws, etc then I will withdraw the claim
about this being a minority position.
Cuomo, meanwhile, released a bill that would ban employers from asking
about a job applicant's prior salary amount, to try to correct what the governor says is a «persistent
gender wage gap» in New York and the nation.
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton joined Public Advocate Letitia James for an event promoting legislation that would ban employers from asking job applicants
about their salary history — a measure they argued would advance
gender equity and close the male - female
wage gap.
Come hear
about a hard - fought battle two CELA attorneys
waged against the City of San Jose and two former fire chiefs, in a
gender discrimination lawsuit in Santa Clara Superior Court.
Employers complain
about the new higher minimum
wage (the so - called «living
wage»); the «apprenticeship levy» (a payroll tax for large companies); restrictions on skilled migrant workers; and the requirement for large companies to publish their
gender pay gaps.
If you're worried
about gender disparity and things like that, I definitely suggest pulling some data from your area based on what is the average salary that somebody in this position is making or what's the hourly
wage rate, and that will help give you some guidance on am I in the ballpark, am I out of the ballpark, and then from there if you have a sliding scale, if you're starting at $ 50,000 and they could potentially earn up to $ 62,000, what does that scale look like, what are the qualifications that will have them making $ 50,000 versus $ 62,000 and just being really super clear like education if they have a Masters Degree versus a 4 - year degree, or they have a PhD versus a Masters Degree, how does that impact pay.
The state's
wage equality bill SB 358 was signed, sealed, and delivered in October 2015, protecting employees from receiving retaliation who inquire
about or discuss pay differences and mandating employers to value and pay work equally for both
genders.
I believe feminism is
about equality, sex - positivity, body - positivity,
wage equality, and opportunity... for everyone regardless of their
gender.