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There is a live fight going on to bolster women’s wage protections in the state that has the country’s first equal pay law. Attorney General Maura Healey hopes new backing from a major member of the business community could be a game changer.
Employers can be expected to lowball women on starting pay, says a salary negotiator. That begins a wage gap for the college-educated that widens over time and leaves a woman accumulating a $1 million deficit. Third story in the Bias Price series.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has been paying female administrative judges less than male counterparts for too long. It’s time to take a look at this invisible social problem in one of the country’s supposedly most equitable states.
As an office manager in a St. Louis technology company, Shawntay Nicole’s work duties have steadily increased without any increase in pay or title. To let off steam, she turns her real-life frustrations into laughs at a stand-up comedy club.