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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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SNAP Time Limits Harm Women, LGBTQIA+ People, and Families

The House Budget Bill Takes Aim at the Earned Income Tax Credit

Donald Trump’s First 100 Days of Project 2025: Harms to Women, Girls, and LGBTQI+ People

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

Why Exempting Tips from Taxes Sounds Good for Workers—But Isn’t

Left Behind: The Retirement Crisis for Women and LGBTQIA+ People

As Thousands of Virginians Lose Their Jobs, Governor Youngkin Urgently Must Sign A Pay Transparency Bill

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief to Support Home Care Workers’ Rights to Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay

How Project 2025 Pushes Corporate Profit Not Worker Power

NWLC Statement on President Biden’s Executive Action to Protect Undocumented Immigrants from Deportation

One Fair Wage: Women Fare Better in States with Equal Treatment for Tipped Workers

NWLC Applauds Biden Administration’s New Overtime Rule

The Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act Section-By-Section Summary

Latinas Cannot Afford to Wait for Change

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

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

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

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

In D.C., Some Workers Make $5.35 Per Hour. You Can Change That.

NWLC Files Amicus Brief to Protect Restaurant Workers’ Rights

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

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