While the wage gap has certainly narrowed with the past generation of working women—in 1967 women only earned about 58 cents to a man’s dollar—progress has stalled in recent years. If progress continues at its current rate, it will take 45 years to eradicate the wage gap. Given the unfortunate fact that the gender wage … Continue reading
April 17 is national Equal Pay Day, when women and men around the country recognize the wage gap between working women and men and offer remedies to address pay inequity. According to the 2010 Census, women are paid on average 77 cents for every dollar their male counterparts are paid for the same work. But … Continue reading