As the Chicago Tribune points out, the “perennial topic” of pay equality “has come to the forefront thanks to Hillary Clinton’s attention to the issue and big tech companies publicly striving to close pay discrepancies”.
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Gov. Nixon directed Nancy Johnston, Director of Personnel at the Office of Administration to lead the effort, along with human resources managers and agency directors, to review the final best practices guidelines and make recommendations for how to implement them within state agencies.
Overall in the city, women make 91 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gap that isn’t as high as it is nationally because of a group of high-paid women in the financial industry. And today, OR women are still not getting equal pay for equal work. The gap narrows slightly once workers hit 65 and up.
– For African American women, there is an Equal Pay Day in August.
The Democrats’ focus on Equal Pay comes amid a presidential campaign where the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, has alienated female voters in droves, leading to GOP fears he could diminish the party’s standing with that key constituency for years to come.
“About 60% of companies do not share pay data internally”, Lyon says.
“It’s an embarrassment that we still don’t pay women the same amount as men for doing equal kinds of work”.
It’s hard to say definitively what accounts for that nickel gap.
– In Germany, Equal Pay Day was celebrated on March 19. But, as with many elements of gender discrimination, salary negotiations put women in a double bind. If not, why? We need to do more.
Hogan also said racial and ethnic minorities earn $1.004 for every $1 earned by a white employee.
– Activists have planned activites in at least 27 states, according to the American Association of University Women.
Feminist activists and campaigners are marking the Equal Pay Day on 12 April across the world amid demands to address the gender pay gap that still exists in some job sectors.
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Observing “Equal Pay Day”, a study by San Francisco-based career marketplace startup Hired Inc. revealed that the gap in salaries between male and female software engineers at major corporations is 7 percent.
