Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 28, 2024 – Today, the Supreme Court upended sound, longstanding, legal precedent that has provided protections for everyday people for decades...
The Equal Pay Act passed over 60 years ago. So, why do women still make less than men? – USA Today
“For every dollar men earn today, women across the board earn 78 cents, according to US Census Bureau data analysis by the National Partnership for Women & Families.”
“…On average, women employed in the United States lose a combined total of more than $1.6 trillion every year due to the wage gap,” according to a report from the National Partnership for Women and Families. Families, businesses and the economy suffer as a result.”
Overtime Rule Would Put More Money in the Pockets of Working Women
Today, the Biden administration published a final rule to support higher pay and better work-family balance for workers by strengthening protections to ensure more workers are eligible for overtime pay.
Everyone Needs A MAPP—Organization Supporting Women In Hospitality – Forbes
“For the second year in a row MAPP members will join forces to support the National Partnership for Women & Families in Washington, D.C. in September. After all, James said, ‘The policies we are advocating for are for women across the board, not just women in hospitality.'”
Asian American Women Continue to Face Wide Pay Gaps and Financial Hardship
Overall gap for AANHPI women is 80 cents, with Bangladeshi women making as little as 49 cents to a white man’s dollar.
Denzel Washington Is The Only Black Entertainer To Make Forbes’ Highest-Paid Actors Of 2023 List – Yahoo Finance
“The most noticeable pay gap is the gender inequities between actors who identify as men or women. According to the National Partnership for Women and Families, Black actresses typically make an estimated 64 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic male actors make. This number increases to 68 cents for Black women producers and directors.”
New EEOC Pay Data Collection Tool Is Critical to Helping Close the Wage Gap
Today, as we mark Equal Pay Day, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a new tool to allow the public to access pay data, an effort that expands on the Biden administration’s goals of increasing pay transparency in order to close the wage gap.
It’s Equal Pay Day — and even the White House has a gender pay gap – The 19th
“There is no panacea. Assuming everybody is operating in good faith and nobody is intentionally trying to underpay people, the reality of how our economy and workplaces are built is that women are often in the jobs that pay less, they’re segregated into those jobs and it’s harder for them to get into the jobs people might view as nontraditional or the leadership positions,” Frye said. “This is a workforce-wide phenomenon.”
Ahead of Equal Pay Day 2024, NPWF Calls Out Economic Stakes for Working Families
Each year Equal Pay Day (this year, March 12th) marks the persistent wage inequality women face across the country, and as we look towards a critical election year, the wage gap is just one indicator that the stakes are high for working families.
Black and Latina women helped propel gains for unions in 2023, finds a new study – NPR
“The NPWF found that among full-time Latina workers, union members made almost $14,000 more per year than their non-union counterpart in 2023. Among Black women, union members make about 20% more per week than non-union workers. For Asian American women, the difference between union and non-union members is about 7% per week.”
After Major Union Wins in 2023, Black and Latina Women Lead Union Growth
Public support for unions at near record high, union membership for women improves economic stability.
Study finds large pay gap for Native American women – Minnesota Public Radio
“An analysis by the National Partnership for Women and Families found Native American women earn just 55 cents for every dollar earned by white men.”
NPWF Outlines GOP’s Latest Attacks on Women in Government Spending Fight
Extreme proposals would slash hundreds of millions of dollars from programs and services for women and families – must be nonstarter for negotiations
ICYMI: National Partnership For Women & Families Releases Updated State-by-State Wage Gap Analysis
New analysis of Census Bureau data shows largest wage gap in Utah, lowest in District of Columbia
The wage gap costs women $1.6 trillion a year, new report finds. Here’s how to get the pay you deserve – CNBC
“Women earned 78 cents for every dollar that men made in 2022, according to National Partnership for Women and Families.”
NEW DATA: Pay Gap Costs Women $1.6 Trillion Each Year
New analysis of Census Bureau data shows persistent pay gap with women paid just 78 cents per every dollar that men make
What Will It Take for Workplaces to Work for Women? – Women Wear Daily
“It’s clear that care work is valuable labor, but we rarely treat it as such,” Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement. “The additional unpaid caregiving that women perform, combined with longstanding gender-based pay disparities, mean that too many women are unable to achieve economic stability at a time when mothers are increasingly breadwinners, especially Black and Latina moms.”
New Analysis: Women’s Unpaid Caregiving Is Worth More Than $625 Billion Per Year
Today, the National Partnership released new analysis that demonstrates how wide the caregiving gap is between men and women across the United States.
To Close Black Women’s Wage Gap, NPWF Urges Policymakers to Reject Business as Usual, Tear Down Systemic Barriers
NPWF President Jocelyn C. Frye released released a new issue brief on the systemic barriers that impact Black women’s economic security. The report, “Rejecting Business as Usual” comes on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day.
On 33rd Anniversary of the ADA, National Partnership for Women & Families Launches Disability Policy Agenda for Economic Justice
This is the first report from the National Partnership that dives into how to build an equitable economy that centers the needs of women with disabilities, and women of color with disabilities, in particular.
Kalpana Kotagal’s Confirmation as EEOC Commissioner Is A Win for Working Women
Today the Senate took an important step in the fight for equity in the workplace when it confirmed Kalpana Kotagal as a commissioner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).