In 2015, the gender pay gap is narrower than any recorded year ever.
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The Works Bakery Cafe, a popular eatery with four locations in the state, offered the deal to mark Equal Pay Day.
Moves are now being made by the Government to try and introduce a longer period of paternity leave so men can bond with their children and women could return to work sooner if they wished.
“Today is Equal Pay Day, and by the sound of it, you would think it’s some sort of historic holiday commemorating the anniversary of a landmark day that our country guaranteed equal pay for women”, she said. The 79 cents claim assumes that women in the U. “Racial and ethnic minorities in the US combined earn $1.004 for every $1 earned by their Caucasian counterparts”. Now she wants a bigger prize: equal pay for women. Pay inequity compounds with other harmful effects of discrimination-for women of color, this means far wider wage gap-throughout a woman’s life, making retirement an even more daunting prospect. But Alabama is not the only state with a wage gap. Women’s earnings as a percentage of white men’s earnings.In the mid-’70s (1975), women still earned 58 cents for each dollar a man earned, doing the same job.
Altizer is one the founders of Professional Women Resources in Roanoke, a group that focuses on encouraging the professional development of working women.
The pay disparity has persisted despite federal and state laws barring discrimination in how men and women are compensated for the same jobs.
Smith says women can’t wait for lawmakers to take action on this issue. The Sony hack in late 2014 underscored that reality, with emails showing that even Hollywood super star Jennifer Lawrence was paid less than her male co-stars in the same movie, American Hustle.
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On Tuesday, President Obama designated a new monument in honor of the movement for women’s equality at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum in Washington D.C. “Now, if we truly value fairness then America should be a level, playing field where everyone who works hard, gets a chance to succeed”, said President Obama.
