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"To combat gender and racial wage gaps, nearly a dozen states recently have
enacted pay transparency laws that require employers to be more open about the
wages and benefits they offer.
Most of the laws require employers to disclose wages in job postings and some
bar them from asking a job candidate about their salary history.
“Even though it’s against the law, we definitely still see that women are being
paid less than their male counterparts, even though they’re doing the same
job,” said Jessica Ramey Stender, a lawyer and the policy director at Equal
Rights Advocates, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that focuses on sexual
harassment and pay discrimination, among other issues. “And that’s a problem.”
Under the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963, employers can’t pay different salaries
“on the basis of sex” to employees who do “equal work.” States have similar
protections. Nevertheless, women on average have been paid less than men as far
back as federal data has been collected.
Women on average earn about 84 cents for every dollar that men earn, according
to the U.S. Department of Labor. Federal data also shows a racial pay gap:
Latino, Black and Native American workers on average earn from 73 cents to 77
cents for every dollar a white worker earns.
Part of the pay gap comes from the fact that women and racial minorities are
overrepresented in industries that pay lower wages, according to the U.S.
Department of Labor. But there is still a gap, though a narrower one, when men
and women are doing the exact same job.
Pay transparency laws can close the gap further by providing women and people
of color with more opportunities to see whether they’re being compensated
fairly, Stender said.
“The hope is that with this additional information in their toolbox, everyone —
especially women experiencing the wage gap — will be able to better negotiate
pay for themselves,” she said."
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