Sentences with phrase «to close the gender wage gap»

Child care has long been acknowledged as a necessary component in closing the gender wage gap in two important ways.

A separate button drives shoppers to make a donation to NOW and help close the gender wage gap sooner.

This means that if there is any hope of closing the gender wage gap, women must fundamentally change the way they plan their financial futures.

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.

Throughout the event, speakers referred to statistics estimating that if India could close its gender wage gap by half, it would stand to gain $ 150 billion over three years.

This uniquely positions New York to more quickly close the gender wage gap.

With regards to parental leave and wellbeing there are some interesting changes proposed; both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are pushing for an extended period of paid paternity leave, to encourage shared parental responsibilities and perhaps be a positive step towards closing the gender wage gap.

Hopefully, this will help close the gender wage gap within the legal profession in the future and help women continue to advance to higher - status, higher - paid positions within law firms in the United States.

«There has been stagnation in terms of closing the gender wage gap,» Trump, the daughter of and also an adviser to President Trump, said during a panel discussion in the southern city of Hyderabad.

Earlier in April, Ellen Bravo, the executive director of Family Values @ Work, penned an essay for Fortune discussing how paid leave could help close the gender wage gap.

Perhaps the most important takeaway from this research is that simply having more women in management roles isn't enough to close the gender wage gap, as some previous research has suggested.

In other words, while it is certainly good news that women have made major inroads into management, has the unevenness of women's representation across occupations stunted progress in closing 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.

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.

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

«New York is the birthplace of the women's rights movement, from Seneca Falls to suffrage, and that fight continues today as we take aggressive steps to close the gender wage gap,» Governor Cuomo said.

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

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren (D) and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) used Equal Pay Day to discuss a new state plan to close the gender wage gap.

They include codifying Roe vs Wade into state law, combating sexual harassment and closing the gender wage gap.

One way that women can close the gender wage gap is by investing in themselves through higher education.

Gender bias can certainly undermine women lawyers» attempts at rainmaking, but if we don't try, we may never be able to close the gender wage gap.

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.

(TORONTO, ON)-- Yesterday, the Ontario government introduced the Pay Transparency Act in an effort to close 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.

One woman's experience of difficulty accessing child care paints a bigger picture that illustrates why Canada needs universal child care to close the gender wage gap and achieve gender equity.

As far as industries go, legal professions still have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to closing the gender wage gap, especially in terms of partners and executives.

Legislators in approximately 24 states — from Alaska to Kansas — last week introduced bills to close the gender wage gap and provide stronger wage protections for women than those available under federal law.