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Melissa Josephs

Melissa Josephs is director of equal opportunity policy for Women Employed in Chicago and is a Ford Foundation Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project.

Equal Pay
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Subminimum Wage Plus Tips Don’t Add up to a Living

By: Melissa Josephs | October 14, 2014

In my own experience, tips were based on how much you flirted or laughed at crude or sexist jokes. That’s no way to earn a living and it breeds a culture of harassment flagged by the “Glass Floor” study released last week.

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Equal Pay Isn’t Enough; Let’s Also Make It Fair

By: Melissa Josephs | April 8, 2013

On April 9 we mark Equal Pay Day, a time for spurring the modernization of the Equal Pay Act. But let’s not stop there. Let’s also attack the problems of low-paid work and volatile scheduling that hold back millions of female workers.

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Illinois Sick Day Bill to Require 7 Paid Days

By: Melissa Josephs | April 5, 2012

States should guarantee paid time off for sickness. Too many workers–mostly women–are prepping food and providing healthcare when they should be home with the flu. Second of four in a series by Women Employed’s Melissa Josephs.

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Minimum Wage Doesn’t Pay for Hard Work; Let’s Hike

By: Melissa Josephs | February 7, 2012

Minimum-wage jobs are mainly held by women struggling to support families on way too little. Let’s guarantee these hard-working breadwinners a living wage. The first in a series of articles by Women Employed on the challenges facing low-wage workers.

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