New studies indicate that while wage gaps between women and men in entry-level jobs are slight, working mothers are paid 70 cents for every dollar that men receive. For childless women, the gap is 10 cents on the dollar.
Federal assistance to millions of women caring for family members will be up for grabs after this fall’s elections. Leading experts have a plan to expand welfare law to cover all who care for dependents.
Today, in what advocates hail as a major breakthrough, the government begins demanding federal contractors provide specific information about the wages of women and minorities.
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