Sentences with phrase «on wage gaps»

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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.

A new study by the American Association of University Women sheds some light on the gender wage gap by examining the earnings of men and women one year post-graduation.

While Bush's business - themed policy proposals will likely offer a mixture of traditionally Republican tax cuts and so - called trickle down economics, he's likely to define his views on how to support the middle class, lift up the lowest wage workers, and close the income gap, which would continue on the themes he started talking about earlier this year.

I found his piece on the economic history of the black / white wage gap to be an essential read.

With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage gaps based on gender, race, and social class.

Women's retirement - savings balances generally tend to be lower on average than men's, due to the ongoing gender wage gap and the fact that women are more likely than me to take time off to raise kids or act as caregivers for other friends or relatives.

The initiative required companies to review their hiring practices, create policies to ensure equal pay and conduct an annual analysis on the gender wage gap.

With cities like Seattle raising minimum wage significantly higher than their state's mandate ($ 15 versus $ 9.32 per hour, in Seattle and Washington), minimum wage gaps» effect on competition and employment is becoming an issue across the country.

The exact figure remains to be seen, but the price tag on closing the gender wage gap in the public service and federally regulated workplaces, which together employ nearly 1.2 million people, will likely be significant.

Canada has long struggled to tackle the wage gap, with the most recent numbers showing women on average earn 87 cents for every dollar made by a man.

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.

The app also provides a link that explains the gender wage gap, which sits at $ 0.80 on the dollar, according to the latest research from the Institute of Women's Policy Research.

Forward - looking data on new wage agreements also point to firm wages growth, and suggest some narrowing of the gap between public and private sector wage outcomes.

The Economic Policy Institute released a new study on the gender wage gap and, as is the way of these things, it's not all good news.

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.

At 4 p.m., Hochul discusses a new state plan to close the gender wage gap on Equal Pay Day with Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, Susan B. Anthony Square, 31 Madison St., Rochester.

He also called on her to clarify her position on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which seeks to close the gender wage gap.

Three others received between 28 and 33 votes — not enough to establish a minority position — on the excessively revolutionary issues of gaps in anti-discrimination legislation, increasing numbers of parent governors at academy schools, changing balloting arrangements for school selections, and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton and Public Advocate Letitia James at James» roundtable on salary history and the wage gap in New York City.

It was a philosophical gap that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, already contending with a Legislature divided on teacher evaluation disclosure and a minimum wage hike, didn't think he could resolve this year.

Cuomo says there continues to be a wide «gap» between the two houses on the issue of increasing the minimum wage.

These actions build on the Governor's record of working to close the gender wage gap and advancing women's rights and opportunities.

Cuomo, a Democrat, said the only way to close the gap is to extend the so - called millionaire's tax, which he said would generate $ 4 billion by continuing to impose a tax of 8.82 percent on the state's highest wage earners for an additional three years.

This legislation, advanced on Equal Pay Day, puts New York on track to close the gender wage gap.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

This new legislation builds on two executive orders signed by the Governor last year to eliminate the wage gap by prohibiting state entities from evaluating candidates based on wage history and requiring state contractors to disclose data on the gender, race and ethnicity of employees - leveraging taxpayer dollars to drive transparency and advance pay equity statewide.

As part of the study, the Department of Labor conducted pay equity hearings in New York City, Syracuse, Long Island and Buffalo to solicit testimony identifying specific causes of the gender wage gap and suggestions on ways in which the wage gap can be closed, either in its entirety, or in particular industries.

In a departure from previous years, Malloy released budget details on Monday and his speech focused largely on other issues, including calls for stronger gun laws, early voting, an increase in the minimum wage and addressing the gender wage gap.

But on Sunday, Mr. Cuomo suggested that the rate of increase was too slow, saying «the wage gap has continued to increase.»

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

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The self - professed rapper - actor - activist has delivered a modern - day hip - hop answer to Marvin Gaye's «What's Going On,» tackling everything from romance to the wage gap to the lack of diversity in Hollywood with a political bent.

After dominating the conversation during the Hollywood Reporter studio execs roundtable, Jennifer Lawrence is herself sitting in on the actresses roundtable where her wage gap essay is once again a topic of conversation.

In separate studies, Derek Neal and William Johnson in 1996 and June O'Neill in 1990 found that most of the wage gap between black and white adults disappears once the data are adjusted to reflect their scores on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test; in other words, those adults with similar scores earned similar wages.

Because most states offer teacher retirement benefits based on their salary, states are extending the gender wage gap into retirement.

on Federal education data show male - female wage gap among young college graduates remains high

In Quebec, minimum wage is only $ 11.25 / hr, and those earning tips can be paid lower ($ 9.45 / hr), yet most calculate a living wage to be at least $ 15 an hour, so people working in the service industries are almost certainly dependent on tips to bridge this gap.

Our statistics show that the wage gap is closing most quickly among the young, and other studies have found that sexism seems to be on the wane among the next generation.

Riding on the social and institutional critique they started in the 1980s, the group of masked art - world players aren't changing their formula much, but have found a current relevancy with recent media noise about the battle for reproductive rights, a conservative - led new misogyny and the predicted end of the wage gap.

Based on these statistics, it is obvious that there is still a gender wage gap in the legal profession.

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.

ONS has found that the wage gap is at its lowest since records began at 18.1 %.

On one side, proponents state that increasing the minimum wage would help boost the economy as well as close the gap between rich and poor.

The UN Committee's Concluding Observations provide a clear road map for how we can and should do better on a wide range of issues crucial to the dignity, security and freedom of BC women, from child care to the gender wage gap; from housing and poverty reduction to violence against Indigenous women.

San Francisco Labor & Employment partner Seth Neulight provides commentary in this feature article on California Governor Brown's signing into law a bill that aims to close the gender wage gap.

By allowing employers to base a prospective employee's earnings on her past salary history, the law has indirectly allowed employers to perpetuate the wage gap.

This executive order, and the protections it provides to public employees, may not be the last change to take place on this front when it comes to battling the gender wage gap.

Closing the gender wage gap has been on the minds of many people, both in positions of power and your average middle - of - the - road worker.

Similarly, in the past decade, countless organizations have encouraged men to consider the gender wage gap, to treat their female counterparts with equal respect and, as coined by Sheryl Sandberg in her 2013 best - selling novel, to «Lean In» in all aspects of life, from taking on a more equal share of parenting responsibilities to helping encourage their daughters to lead.

The budget estimates that wage gap for women in the federal public service could shrink by 2.7 cents, narrowing the gap to 94.1 cents on the dollar.