Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
Sponsored By: Representative Frankel, Lois
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Summary
gender wage gap is the focus of this concurrent resolution, which would formally recognize persistent pay disparities between women and men and reaffirm Congress's commitment to narrowing them. It collects findings on how pay gaps vary by race, caregiving status, education, and occupation.
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- Families: Notes that the median annual earnings gap for full-time, year-round workers is $11,550 and could total nearly $462,000 over a typical career, reducing household purchasing power.
- Women by race and ethnicity: Documents wide variation, with some groups at about 58 cents and others at about 94 cents for every dollar paid to White, non-Hispanic men.
- Mothers and caregivers: States that mothers working full-time, year-round typically earn about 74 percent of what fathers earn, affecting family finances and care choices.
- Students and borrowers: Says women hold nearly two-thirds of outstanding student loan debt, totaling about $929 billion, and that pay gaps hinder repayment.
- Low-wage and union workers: Reports nearly two-thirds of workers paid minimum wage or less are women and that unionized women typically earn about $216 more per week than nonunion women.
- Workplace barriers: Calls out pay secrecy and harassment as factors, noting two-thirds of private-sector workers report employer limits on pay discussions and about 1 in 3 women experience career sexual harassment.
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