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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NWLC Resources on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance in 2019

Accommodating Pregnant Workers is Good for Business

Letter With Recommendations on NAS Panel to Evaluate EEO-1 Pay Data

Nuevas estipulaciones para trabajadores afectados por COVID-19

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Women on the Front Lines: Tracking Women’s Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

As State and Local Governments Face a Fiscal Crisis, Women’s Jobs Are on the Line

Reckoning With the Hidden Rules of Gender in the Tax Code Fact Sheet

Letter to Committee on Education and Labor on the Future of Work

New Leave Provisions for Workers Affected by COVID-19

Effects of COVID-19 Show Us Equal Pay Is Critical for Mothers

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Women Make Up the Majority of Front Line Workers of the COVID-19 Crisis