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NBC News
03-04-2025
- General
- NBC News
Inside the ever-present gender pay gap
As many reflect on Equal Pay Day, recent analysis shows the gender pay gap is widening. NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah takes a look back on the gender pay gap history and its milestones. March 25, 2025
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Johnstown AAUW members rally for equal pay
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Dorene Miller said Tuesday that after she retired, having spent more than two decades as a library director, she was replaced six months later by a man who received pay almost 20% higher than she earned in the same position. Her experience is part of a longtime trend of women often being paid less than men. For example, women in Pennsylvania earned 82.4% of men's wages in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miller and other members of the American Association of University Women's Johnstown chapter held events Tuesday to bring attention to the issue on national Equal Pay Day. They gathered at the offices of state Reps. Jim Rigby, R-Ferndale, and Frank Burns, D-East Taylor Township. Miller said there needs to be 'more accountability' in making sure that wages are equal. Neither Rigby nor Burns were at their offices since the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was in session. 'We set a meeting up for next week with them,' Rigby said during a telephone interview. 'We'll listen to what they have to offer and I can ask my questions to them.' The AAUW members offered their support to amendments that are being considered by the Pennsylvania General Assembly regarding the Pennsylvania Equal Pay Law that was enacted in 1959. The proposed legislation deals with several issues, including pay transparency in job postings; definitions such as for comparable work, working conditions and wages; employee's rights; the right of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to inspect payrolls; and increasing fines from the $50-to-$200 range to $2,500 to $5,000. Deanna Haddle, public policy chair of AAUW Johnstown, said the amendments would 'put teeth into the original bill,' in her opinion.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Local group highlights barriers to women getting equal pay
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – Tuesday was Equal Pay Day — a day dedicated to remind employers that women still often make less than their male counterparts for doing the same work. To bring awareness, the Youngstown Business and Professional Women group held an Equal Pay Mixer Tuesday evening in Boardman. The featured speaker was Cincinnati's Julie Doyle, who's worked in human resources for 30 years. She said there are barriers to equal pay. 'Some of the barriers are pay transparency. Quite frankly, it's not really understanding how your pay decisions are being made and how, maybe, unconscious bias can play into that. Women, on the whole, do not negotiate salary as men do and this keeps them further behind,' Doyle said. The event was held at Boardman's La Casa Mexicana restaurant because it's owned by two women — sisters Maria and Elena Hernandez. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
26-03-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Texas Women's Foundation highlights $60 billion wage gap, urges action on equal pay
Various research typically points to the state of Texas as one of the largest economies in the United States; however, new data from the Texas Women's Foundation amplifies a systematic gender pay gap that could have widespread economic implications across the state. The foundation's new white paper, Texas Women and the Wage Gap: A Corporate Leader's Guide to Driving Workforce Sustainability, notes that the wage gap has increased since 2019 to $60.1 billion annually in lost earnings and lost economic productivity for the state. Karen Hughes White, the President and CEO of the Texas Women's Foundation, said the data was released intentionally on March 25, often recognized as Equal Pay Day. "The Equal Pay Act was passed in the 1970s, yet we are still discussing pay for equal work," she said. "The urgency around this now is that women comprise 46% of the Texas workforce and that's growing." Read the full report here . "Over a lifetime, the average Texas woman stands to lose $750,000 in lifetime earnings. That's game-changing for women," Hughes White said. Hughes White said the designation for Equal Pay Day represents the amount of extra time women have to work in order to earn as much as men did in the previous year. "The most shocking part of the data is how the age gap widens based on women's education. In Texas the more educated a woman is, the wider the wage gap is, [but] If we could just cut that wage gap the same as men with advanced degrees, it would actually cut the economic impact of the wage gap in half for equal work. We've been asking a long time." Hughes White said for the average Texas woman, the ever-widening gap can impact her ability to achieve long-term economic security, stability and success for herself and her family. According to Hughes White, that is not the only barrier for women to participate consistently and fully in the Texas economic landscape. While the equal pay date is tied specifically to white women, Black and Hispanic women typically work much longer to achieve equal pay. "The Texas economy which is [among] the largest and the strongest in the nation, is increasingly dependent on women to drive its success. The time is now for change and the time is now to act," she said. Texas Women's Foundation offers statewide research on the issues impacting Texas women and girls and provides corporate, state and local decision-makers and lawmakers with critical data to inform policies, practices and programs across the state. Hughes White said one way the foundation works to raise awareness around the wage gap across North Texas is by offering practical tools for women to pursue pay equity. "When people know the issues, we can solve the issues, it's going to take all of us to do it," she said. The foundation will offer salary negotiation workshops on April 17 and May 15.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Governor Josh Stein highlights Equal Pay Day for women in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has proclaimed Mar. 25th as North Carolina Equal Pay Day to highlight continuous gender pay disparities and to encourage government, business, and nonprofit sectors to close the wage gap for all women. Equal Pay Day marks the point in the year that women must work on average to make the same amount that their male counterparts earned during the previous year, but women in North Carolina and across the United States, continue to earn less than men performing the same work. 'Closing the gender pay gap would make our families, our economy, and our state more prosperous,' Governor Stein said. 'I am committed to making sure that every North Carolinian has an equal opportunity for success in our state.' In 2022, The State of Working Women: The 2023 State of Working North Carolina says that women working full-time earned $2.04 less than the medium hourly wage for men. 'Eliminating pay inequities would strengthen our economy and improve quality of life for North Carolina's women, children, and families. More than half the state's population are women, and many women are the primary breadwinners for their families,' North Carolina Department of Administration Secretary Gabriel J. Esparza said. 'We must continue to find and develop creative ways to ensure that North Carolinians receive equal pay for equal work. Your pay should be determined by your skill, your experience and your effort, not your gender.' Since 2019, state government agencies no longer use salary history in the hiring process because history can perpetuate unfairly lower pay for women doing the same work as men. During the week of Mar. 24, 2025, Governor Stein hosted women leaders across the state at the Executive Mansion for the Women's History Month Reception. Stein signed the proclamation at this meeting to recognize March as Women's History Month. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
