Equal Pay & the Wage Gap

No matter how you slice it, women in the U.S. who work full time are paid less than men.

Women are paid only 81 cents for every dollar paid to men—and for women of color the wage gap is even longer. It’s long past time to close the wage gap.

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Equal Pay Advocates Letter: Amend or Vote No on Mississippi SB 2451

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2021

In 2020, More than 12.6 Million Women and Girls Lacked Health Insurance; Being a Woman Still Raised the Odds of Being Poor in America; and the Wage Gap for Women Overall Narrowed to 83 Cents

NWLC Files Equal Pay Amicus Brief in Support of U.S. Women’s Soccer Players

LFG: Why We’re Joining the Women’s Soccer Team’s Fight for Equal Pay

“Equal Play, Equal Pay!”—NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Support of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team

Connecticut, Nevada, and Rhode Island Enact Salary Range Transparency Laws to Help Close the Wage Gap

Justice for her. Justice for all.

We Need Wage Gap Data for LGBTQ Workers. Here’s Why.

Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act on a Party Line Vote, Dealing a Blow to Women

Closing the Racial and Gender Wealth Gap Through Compensation Equity Testimony

Salary History and Equal Pay Disclosures

NWLC Testifies at 2021 Hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) and Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (H.R. 1065)

The House Passes the Paycheck Fairness Act, in a Victory for Equal Pay

The American Rescue Plan of 2021 Will Help Women and Families