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Job Quality

Unpredictable, volatile work schedules in low-wage jobs can make it impossible for working women to make ends meet and care for their families.

Fair Work Schedules

Unpredictable, volatile work schedules in low-wage jobs can make it impossible for working women to make ends meet and care for their families.

Low-Paid Jobs & Minimum Wage

Women are much more likely as men to work in low-wage occupations that typically pay $11 per hour or less — jobs such as child care workers, restaurant servers, maids and cashiers.

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NWLC Applauds Reintroduction of the Schedules That Work Act and Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

Why Predictable Scheduling Is Actually Key to Workers’ Rights

Coalition Support for the Schedules That Work Act

Coalition Support for the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act

The Schedules That Work Act: Giving Workers the Tools They Need to Succeed

State and Local Laws Advancing Fair Work Schedules

Collateral Damage: Scheduling Challenges for Workers in Low-Wage Jobs and Their Consequences

The Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act: Promoting Fair Treatment for Part-Time Work

The Real History of Labor Day: When Workers Were Trampled

The Raise the Wage Act: Valuing Working People and Advancing Equal Pay

The Wage Gap Robs Mothers of What They’re Owed

Hard Work Is Not Enough: Women in Low-Paid Jobs

NWLC Releases Data Revealing Child Care Workers’ Wage Growth Lags Behind Other Low-Paid Occupations

NWLC’s Letter of Support for the Paycheck Fairness Act, the Healthy Families Act, and the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023

The Child Care and Early Learning Workforce Is Underpaid and Women are Paying the Price

By the Numbers: Data on Key Programs for the Well-Being of Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Their Families

Time To Care: Paid Family and Medical Leave and the FAMILY Act

Paid Sick Days and the Healthy Families Act

This May Day, the Senate Must Confirm Julie Su as the Next Secretary of Labor

Girls in Crisis: More Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In March, Women Made up Just 1% of Labor Force Entrants Ages 20 and Over

There Are Now 10,000 More Women in the Labor Force Than in February 2020

Women Gain 263,000 Jobs in January

While Overall Unemployment Rate Edges Down, Rates Increase for Black Women and Latinas