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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is marking Monday's 15th anniversary of a landmark federal pay equity law with new action to help close gaps in pay for federal employees and employees of federal contractors. Administration officials said this step will help limit pay discrimination and ensure compensation is based on an applicant's skills, experience and expertise. A similar proposal will offer protections to those employed by federal contractors. Administration officials said the proposal would help federal contractors recruit, diversify and retain talent, improve job satisfaction and performance and reduce turnover. In 2022, the federal government had a 5.6% pay gap compared with 16% nationwide.

Persons: —, Biden, Lily Ledbetter, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Shalanda Young, ”, Kiran Ahuja, Ahuja, we've Organizations: WASHINGTON, Democratic, Management, Regulatory, White House, White, National Partnership for Women, Families

That's almost half the nearly 6.7 million Latinas who live in those states, representing the largest group of women of color affected by the court's decision. Financially insecure women are more likely to be affected by state bans and restrictions, the report notes, because they are likely to lack funds to travel to another state for abortion care. Roughly 1.4 million Latinas in these 26 abortion-restricted states work in service occupations, according to the report. Twenty-six states have banned or further restricted abortion services by providers such as Planned Parenthood since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case. Michael B. Thomas | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAt large, Hispanic women or Latinas are over represented in low-wage occupations, such as servers and cleaners.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Lea, That's, Lupe M, Shaina Goodman, Michael B, Thomas, Dobbs, Candace Gibson, Goodman, Rachel Greszler Organizations: National Partnership for Women, National Latina Institute, Reproductive, Getty, U.S . Department of Labor, Heritage Foundation

Marco Vdm | E+ | Getty ImagesThe wage gap costs women in the U.S. about $1.6 trillion a year, a new report finds. Women earned 78 cents for every dollar that men made in 2022, according to National Partnership for Women and Families. Forty-two percent of the wage gap is the result of occupational segregation, which was exacerbated by the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor has found. To that point, half of U.S. adults said women being treated differently by employers contributes to the pay gap, the Pew Research Center found. That pay scale worsens for each major racial or ethnic group in the country, with white female workers paid 74 cents to the dollar; Black female workers, 66 cents; and Latina female workers, 52 cents.

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☆ The 'time gap' in unpaid caregiving costs women an extra $321.56 billion a year, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Women spend an average 51.6 minutes a day caring for household children, other household members and nonhousehold members, according to a new analysis from the National Partnership for Women and Families. Men spend an average 26.4 minutes daily on such tasks. On a broader level, unpaid caregiving is worth $305.01 billion a year for men and $626.57 billion for women, the National Partnership for Women and Families estimates. In other words, the caregiving time gap costs women an extra $321.56 billion a year. About 38 million people provided unpaid care to an adult family member or friend in 2021, according to the latest data from AARP.

Persons: Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Caregiving, Carolyn McClanahan, McClanahan Organizations: National Partnership for Women, Partnership for Women, AARP, Planning Partners, CNBC, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Jacksonville , Florida

☆ Some 70,000 child-care providers may close as federal aid ends, report finds. What that means for parents
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Child care 'is a public good'Experts say that systemic change, such as broader parental leave and more public funding for child care, must be involved in order for child care to improve at a larger scale. The national annual cost of child care was about $10,853 for one child in 2022, the organization Child Care Aware of America found. In 2023, 67% of parents reported to spend 20% or more of their household income on child care, Care.com found. Use the benefits you have availableYour workplace may have some options to help you find care, such as backup care providers or on-site child care. Meanwhile, California, Colorado, Hawaii and New Mexico passed laws to provide universal preschool in the past year.

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☆ Pregnant workers could receive longer breaks and more time off for recovery, thanks to a new law going into effect today
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act could provide pregnant workers with longer breaks and more time off. The act, requiring certain employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" went into effect Tuesday. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires employers with at least 15 employees to provide "reasonable accommodations" for workers dealing with limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. 80% of first-time pregnant workers worked until their final month of pregnancy. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden in December following unsuccessful earlier versions in 2021 and 2019, both of which passed in the House but not the Senate.

Persons: —, Dina Bakst, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Employment Opportunity Commission, National Partnership for Women

☆ Premarket stocks: The Fed wants to limit wage growth. That's particularly bad for women
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

What’s happening: Never-married women earned just 92% of what never-married men did last year, according to the Wells Fargo report. Those wage gaps are “persistently disappointing,” ADP’s Chief Economist Nela Richardson told CNN on Thursday. Markets suffer: Companies with smaller gender pay gaps tend to be rewarded by their shareholders. “The gender pay gap is informing investment strategies,” wrote Refinitiv analysts in a recent report. “Our recent analysis shows that [shares of] companies with no gender pay gap outperform companies with pay gaps between male and female employees,” wrote Refinitiv.

Latinas are the largest group of women of color affected by current and future state abortion bans and restrictions: More than 4 in 10 Latinas of reproductive age live in the nearly two dozen states where officials are working to make abortion inaccessible. Three-quarters of the Latinas who live in states with abortion bans or restrictions are concentrated in Texas, Florida and Arizona. Roe’s repeal opened the door for 13 states, most of them in the South and the Midwest, to implement abortion bans. Nearly 3.1 million Latinas affected by current and future abortion bans in the 26 states are already mothers. Close to 4.3 million white Latinas, 820,500 multiracial Latinas, over 107,000 Black Latinas, nearly 57,000 Native Latinas and 18,500 Asian American Pacific Islander Latinas live in those states.

☆ California job-seekers will soon see salary ranges on job postings
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

California job postings will soon include pay ranges, thanks to a new salary transparency bill signed into law by Gov. The move makes California the largest state where job listings will require salary information by law. In California, women are paid roughly 88 cents for every dollar paid to a man, with the gap increasing for women of color. Reporting pay data based on job and demographic background can help uncover occupational segregation that employers may not be aware of. Previous California law already requires companies with 100 or more direct-hire workers submit job and demographic data for those workers.

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