According to a new report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, this wage gap is responsible for women in the U.S. losing out on $500 billion per year.
Victory: Chicago Becomes Next Major U.S. City to Guarantee Paid Sick Days
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How Obama’s Presidency Has Been A Victory For Working Parents – Huffington Post Magazine
“The progress we have seen in recent years is hugely important, not just because of those who have been helped, but also because we now have an irrefutable body of evidence demonstrating that paid sick days policies work well for employers as well as workers,” said Ness, pointing to research showing how paid sick time has little impact on profitability and in some cases has boosted productivity among workers.
Senator Barbara Mikulski Receives First-Ever Lifetime Achievement Award From Leading Women’s Group
Nearly 1,000 activists and supporters from the women’s, congressional, legal, health, labor, civil rights and other communities turned out at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., last night to see the National Partnership for Women & Families...
San Diego Voters Resoundingly Reject Big Business Effort to Block Paid Sick Days, Approving the Nation’s 33rd Law of Its Kind
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Leading Women’s Group Gives Lifetime Achievement Award to Senator Barbara Mikulski, Honors Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Robert E. Moritz of PwC LLP
Nearly 1,000 members of the women’s, congressional, legal, health, labor, civil rights and other communities turned out at the Washington Hilton Hotel tonight to help the National Partnership for Women & Families celebrate its 45th anniversary and honor key...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Leading Women’s Group to Give Lifetime Achievement Award to Senator Barbara Mikulski, Honor Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Robert E. Moritz of PwC LLP
45th Anniversary Gala Dinner to be Held on Wednesday, June 8
Give workers much-needed relief: Paid sick time – Chicago Sun-Times Magazine
The National Partnership for Women and Families says workers with sick days are 28 percent less likely to be injured on the job.
Minneapolis Becomes First Midwestern City to Guarantee Paid Sick Days, Joining 30 Other Jurisdictions Nationwide
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Small Ohio Town Passes Progressive Parental Leave Policy – NPR
NPR’s Audie Cornish interviews National Partnership Vice President Vicki Shabo.
Gender Equality in U.S. Jobs Might Not Be as Bad as You Think – Bloomberg
“The U.S. is woefully behind when it comes to family-friendly policies like paid maternity leave, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, when it comes to some measure of recognition about women’s leadership,” said Vicki Shabo, a vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families. “I think that has real consequences for how women are able to get into and advance in the workplace and in the economy.”
An ‘Economic Lifeline for Millions is Finally Restored’ Thanks to Final Overtime Rule
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Final EEOC Rule Sets Limits For Financial Incentives On Wellness Programs – Kaiser Health News
“This could coerce employees into providing information that they would otherwise not provide about their health,” said Sarah Fleisch Fink, senior policy counsel with the National Partnership on Women & Families, which was among dozens of groups that wrote comment letters seeking changes in the draft rule.
Creating ‘Opportunities to Discriminate’ Women’s Leader Concerned About New EEOC Rules Governing Wellness Programs
Statement of Judith L. Lichtman, Senior Advisor, National Partnership for Women & Families
Every Office Needs a 79 Percent Clock – The Daily Best
Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, advised MTV on the policy issues and research studies relevant to the issue of gender-based pay quality. “The 79 percent number is known, but people don’t always consider the consequences. Reducing the median American income by $10,700 for women translates into 83 weeks of food, or 11 months of rent, or nine years of birth control,” she told The Daily Beast.
These Are The Best And Worst Places In The U.S. To Be A Working Mother – FastCompany
Data for these metrics was drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Child Care Aware of America, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Council for Community and Economic Research, National Partnership for Women & Families, and WalletHub’s own research.
‘New Federal Grants Will Help Advance a More Prosperous and Family Friendly America’
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
How Our Country Fails Black Women and Girls – Elle
Black women work more than all other women, but reap fewer economic rewards. According to a December 2015 report by the National Partnership for Women and Families, a state by state analysis shows black women’s wages range from 48 to 69 cents for every dollar paid to white men.
The Pay Gap Is Costing Women $500 Billion Per Year – Mother Jones
“It is unacceptable that the wage gap has persisted, punishing the country’s women and families for decades,” wrote Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership, in a press release. “At a time when women’s wages are so critical to the economic well-being of families, the country is counting on lawmakers to work together to advance strong, fair and family friendly workplace policies that would promote equal pay.”
The Gender Wage Gap Costs America’s Women Nearly $500 Billion Per Year, New Equal Pay Day Study Finds
If the Gap Were Closed, Each Woman Could Afford Food for 1.6 Years, Seven More Months of Mortgage and Utilities, or 11 More Months of Rent
