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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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Men Have Recovered Net Jobs Lost to Pandemic While Women Are Still Missing 100,000 Jobs

Pay Equity Report Confirms That Collecting Pay Data Is Essential to Ending Pay Inequities

Women Gain 83% of Jobs While 170,000 Women Leave Labor Force in June

Women’s Labor Force Participation Increases as 397,000 Women Join Labor Force in May

Women’s Jobs Are Being Added Back to the Economy—But Many Need Improving

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Women Gain 65% of Jobs Added in April While 181,000 Women Leave Labor Force

NWLC, NELP, CWA, SEIU, and EPI Urge Court to Reject Efforts to Halt Federal Contractor Wage Increase

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NWLC Challenges Ballot Initiative That Would Harm App-Based Drivers

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NWLC Submits Testimony in Massachusetts to Tell Gig Companies They Can’t Re-write Law to Deny Their Workers Employment Protections

Tax the Patriarchy

Gender and the Tax Code

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The Schedules That Work Act – Section-By-Section Summary

Women Gain 63% of the Jobs Added to the Economy in March

Young women worried about bills and debr stacking up. Unable to pay credit cards and loans

Resilient But Not Recovered: After Two Years of the COVID-19 Crisis, Women Are Still Struggling

Employees Must Have the Right to Share Information about Workplace Disputes and Resolutions

This Women’s History Month, We’re Thankful for Unions

The Jobs Report Shows a Strong Month, but Black Women’s Labor Force Participation Drops and Unemployment Rate Rises

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief Defending Biden Minimum-Wage Rule

Congress Reintroduces the Schedules That Work Act and Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act to Promote Equitable Workplaces

Men Have Now Recouped Their Pandemic-Related Labor Force Losses While Women Lag Behind

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

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

Part-Time Workers Are Facing Heightened Uncertainty During COVID—and Most Are Women

Coalition Support for the Schedules That Work Act

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