Raising the cap on workers eligible for overtime would boost single moms, as well as black and latino women. Overtime can make a big difference for people living paycheck to paycheck. And, according to a new report, a single change to the rules about who’s eligible for overtime pay would expand the number of low-wageContinue reading “Women would be the biggest winners in an expansion of overtime laws”
Category Archives: Equal Pay
Student loan debt is creating a systematic gender wealth gap that persists for women’s entire lives
[Via VICE.com] Law school was supposed to be Erika Stallings’ path to financial stability. The first in her family to attend college, Stallings earned a full ride to the University of North Carolina, and then chose to attend Georgetown Law because the school offered her a partial scholarship. But she graduated with $115,000 in student loansContinue reading “Student loan debt is creating a systematic gender wealth gap that persists for women’s entire lives”
At this rate, equal pay for women is 43 years away – but we don’t have to sit and wait
April 14 is Equal Pay Day, the day in 2015 the typical woman working full-time in the U.S. catches up to what her male counterpart made in 2014. Congress banned pay discrimination in this country over 50 years ago, but at the current rate of progress it will take until 2058 before white women gainContinue reading “At this rate, equal pay for women is 43 years away – but we don’t have to sit and wait”
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