gender equality

Unemployment situation is improving for some groups and not others, and you’ll never guess who

Leave a Comment / unemployment / By max cyril

Unemployment is still terrible, but with some signs of improvement. What signs of improvement is an interesting question, and The New York Times’ Upshot jobless tracker suggests the answer is all too predictable, because what’s more predictable in the U.S. economy than inequality? The tracker finds the unemployment situation improving slightly for white people … while layoffs of Black people grow. And …

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Gender Inequality, Work Hours, and the Future of Work

Leave a Comment / Gender Discrimination / By max cyril

Executive Summary Gender differences in paid and unpaid time at work are an important aspect of gender inequality. Women tend to spend more time on unpaid household and family care work, and men spend more time in paid work. This unequal distribution of time creates barriers to women’s advancement at work and reduces women’s economic …

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The Issue of Paid Family Leave Just Got Some New York Size Momentum

Leave a Comment / paid leave / By max cyril

On April 4, New York State passed what is being hailed as the most comprehensive and generous paid family leave law in the country. The Paid Family Leave Insurance Act (A. 3870 / S. 3004) (“PFLIA”) will provide workers in New York State with up to 12 weeks of paid leave per year, to bond …

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Workplace Toxics Reveal the Beauty Industry’s Ugly Side

Leave a Comment / workplace safety / By max cyril

You shouldn’t have to suffer to be beautiful. But many women suffer for the beauty of others, polishing nails and styling hair with a toxic pallette of chemicals. Working long hours amid noxious fumes, salon workers, typically women of color, are in constant contact with chemicals linked to various illnesses and reproductive health problems. While …

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Certificates can help boost pay. More if you’re a man, of course.

Leave a Comment / equal pay / By max cyril

For some high school graduates looking to get some more education and increase their income, or for people with college degrees looking to retrain into a new field, a certificate can be a good alternative to an associate’s or bachelor’s degree. But like just about everything else, certificates pay off less for women than for …

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Working Women’s Bodies Besieged by Environmental Injustice

Leave a Comment / women's issues, workplace safety / By max cyril

From birth control pills to equal pay, women are a favorite target in the country’s most heated political wars. But a much quieter struggle is being waged over women’s bodies in their neighborhoods and workplaces, where a minefield of pollutants threaten working mothers and their children. According to new research from the the National Birth …

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How Online Activists Ended Insurance Company Discrimination Against Women

Leave a Comment / health care / By max cyril

Last year, we ran a story about Peggy Robertson of Colorado. Robertsons’ health insurer, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth, had required that she be sterilized to receive health insurance. Peggy later testified before a Senate HELP subcommittee on insurance company discrimination against women, and told her story to millions on ABC Nightly News and on YouTube. …

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