Conversations around equal pay are blaring, largely thanks to the dozens of famous women calling out their male counterparts for getting bigger paychecks. This is, obviously, a very good thing. But for all the merit these declarations warrant — and all the echoing cries of “hell yes! Empowering!” — the dialogue is also tinged with…
Read moreToday is Latina Women’s Equal Pay Day and celebrities like Jessica Alba and Eva Longoria are speaking out in hopes of raising awareness around the issue. According to the National Women’s Law Center, the wage gap for a Latina woman working full-time is typically 54 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic men make. That’s in…
Read moreThe Trump administration is doing away with an Obama-era initiative to close the gender wage gap—and Ivanka Trump is okay with it. To hold employers accountable for promoting equal pay, former President Barack Obama created a rule requiring them to release salary data categorized by gender and race. It was set to go into effect…
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