Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping labor markets and work in ways that will profoundly affect women workers, who comprise almost half the workforce yet face distinct vulnerabilities and opportunities with the growth of AI.
What’s the Wage Gap in the States?
Overall, women in the United States are paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, and that gap is widest for women of color. This persistent, pervasive wage gap is driven in part by gender and racial discrimination, workplace harassment, job segregation and a lack of workplace policies that support family caregiving, which is still most often performed by women.
More than Six Million Black Women Workers Live in States That Block Local Paid Sick Days Progress
Eighteen states fail to guarantee workers paid sick days and also block local governments from setting their own paid leave standards (known as “preemption”). More than 6.1 million Black women – 57% of Black women in the labor force nationwide – live in these 18 preemption states.
Do Market Options Provide Time to Care?
As legislators in more states consider options to increase workers’ access to paid family and medical leave, understanding the strengths and limitations of market-based paid leave – and how coverage compares to universal, comprehensive programs – is essential.
Commercial Data Practices for Reproductive Privacy
Consumers and employees want accountability, transparency, and control over their data. We outline best practices and realistic case studies that will help inform business leaders on why and how they can take proactive measures related to data privacy to protect both consumers and employees, specifically as it relates to reproductive health.
State Momnibus Scan
Thirteen states have partially or fully passed Momnibus legislation. Two of these states brought forward new Momnibus 2.0 legislation in the 2025 state legislative session that has not advanced.
They’re Coming for Your Overtime Pay
While loudly touting “no tax on overtime,” the Trump administration has begun rulemaking and congressional Republicans have begun the legislative process on policies that would rollback overtime protections for the nearly 98 million workers who are eligible for it.
Nearly 73 Million Workers Live in States That Block Local Communities from Making Progress on Paid Sick Days
Lawmakers in 18 states across the country – the majority of which are in the South – fail to guarantee that workers can earn paid sick days, and at the same time block local governments from setting their own standards for local workers, families and businesses.
Missed Opportunities to Expand Paid Leave and Caregiving Supports Through the Tax Code
Failure to act on paid leave has kept workers – especially women workers – on the workplace sidelines, moving in and out of the workforce to navigate disruptions associated with caregiving needs or responsibilities.
Three Years Post-Dobbs, Abortion Bans & Criminalization Threaten More than 15 Million Women of Color
Despite the ever-changing access landscape, it is clear that anti-abortion policies are harming millions and growing more extreme three years post-Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Policies across the country that ban abortion and threaten to criminalize pregnant people for their reproductive health decisions subject abortion patients to health precarities, policing, and punishment.
Explainer on Trump’s Executive Order on Disparate Impact
On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14281 to roll back the use of the disparate impact standard, as part of the administration’s larger attack on civil rights. This executive order could undermine federal enforcement of workers’ civil rights and leave workers more vulnerable to discriminatory practices.
Ensuring Primary Care for All: The Urgent Case for RUC Reform
The US. health care system is often described as in crisis – reflecting its complexity, inaccessibility, unaffordability, and inequitable care and outcomes. At the root of this system lies an obscure but influential committee that most people have never heard of – the Relative Value Scale Update Committee, also known as the RUC.
Supreme Court Case Threatens Access to Critical No-Cost Preventive Services
The Supreme Court held oral arguments on Braidwood v. Kennedy (previously Braidwood v. Becerra), which could determine the coverage of preventive care services that keep millions of people healthy. The Court will decide on whether to eliminate coverage of no-cost preventive services for patients across the country, or just for those employed by the plaintiff in the case (Braidwood Management Incorporated).
At Risk: Critical Medicaid Benefits for Moms
Medicaid is the largest single-payer of maternity care in the United States, financing an estimated forty percent of births and playing a critical role in addressing the current maternal mortality crisis. Critical Medicaid benefits for maternal health are on the chopping block as Congress debates Medicaid cuts that would threaten maternal and infant health in every state.
Seventeen States Attack HIPAA and Reproductive Health Privacy
Four lawsuits from anti-abortion extremists challenging the 2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule) are jeopardizing health privacy and threatening to put pregnant people at even greater risk of criminalization for their reproductive care.
The Impact of Paid Leave on the Health of Massachusetts
This brief offers strong evidence that paid leave not only supports workers health, but also improves productivity in Massachusetts.
Patient Advocate Perspectives on Advancing Value-Based, Person-Centered Care
This resource is a summary of the salient themes and recommendations that emerged from the Equity-Centered Payment Reform Learning Collaborative meeting series.
Attacks on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Threaten Nearly 3 Million Pregnant Workers
Efforts to overturn or undercut the enforcement of the PWFA puts 2.8 million pregnant workers at risk – including majorities of Black, brown and white women, and the majority in every state.
Enhancing Women’s Behavioral Health Through the IBH Model
The new Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) model from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation offers significant potential to improve the way care is provided to people with behavioral health conditions.
Black Women and the Care Agenda
Black women are family caregivers – and they need flexibility and economic supports to make the best decisions for themselves and their families
