Workers around the globe have been finding it harder to juggle the demands of work and the rest of life in the past five years, a new report shows, with many working longer hours, deciding to delay or forgo having children, discontinuing education, or struggling to pay tuition for their children. Why? A big reasonContinue reading “Millennials want a work-life balance. Their bosses just don’t get why.”
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Every Washington legislator has a mom — so why don’t more of them care about “moms”?
Moms just can’t get a break these days. Data released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, show that having children is one of the worst career moves a woman could make. According to their research, mothers in Washington are 44% less likely to be hired than non-mothers for the same job, and are paidContinue reading “Every Washington legislator has a mom — so why don’t more of them care about “moms”?”
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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