Equal Pay

We're working to reduce the wage gap and to ensure that male and female employees get equal pay and benefits for comparable work.

The Paycheck Fairness Act has been reintroduced in Congress. Please ask your Representative to co-sponsor the bill.

Highlights

Fact Sheet | Fair Pay for Women Means an Increase in the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage

February 3, 2012

Each year, millions of workers are paid the minimum wage and rely on these wages to support themselves and their families.  But the federal miniumum wage hasn't increased since 2007 and the tipped minimum wage hasn't increased since 1991. Increasing the federal minimum wage and the tipped minimum is vital for women who made up about two-thirds of all workers who earned minimum wage or less in 2010. 

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Fact Sheet | Modest Recovery Largely Leaves Women Behind

February 3, 2012

This resource, updated monthly as new data on jobs and unemployment is released, shows how the modest recovery that officially started in June 2009 has left women behind. 

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Blog Post | The Wage Gap: Women Still Make Less Than Men

September 13, 2011

Women have supported families; entered formerly male-only institutions and workplaces; and demanded better working conditions and pay, facilitated by a growing societal appreciation for gender equality. The insidious undercurrent to this progress, unfortunately, is our nation's persistent wage gap. Women still make less than men.

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Fact Sheet | Walmart v. Dukes: New Hurdles and a Significant Step Back for Women Employees

September 7, 2011

The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Wal-Mart in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes struck a devastating blow for employees who seek to hold their employers accountable for discrimination and other violations of workplace law. While the decision does not mean the end of the road for the women of Wal-Mart, it does undermine their ability to achieve companywide change through their lawsuit. 

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More Resources

Legal Briefs & Testimony | Proposed Rulemaking, Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service Rule (RIN 1232-AA05)

February 09, 2012

The National Women's Law Center submitted comments to the Department of Labor in support of a proposed rule that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations to extend basic labor protections – minimum wage and overtime premium pay – to nearly 1.8 million low-wage home care workers.

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Fact Sheet | Fair Pay for Women Means an Increase in the Minimum Wage and the Tipped Minimum Wage

February 03, 2012

Each year, millions of workers are paid the minimum wage and rely on these wages to support themselves and their families.  But the federal miniumum wage hasn't increased since 2007 and the tipped minimum wage hasn't increased since 1991. Increasing the federal minimum wage and the tipped minimum is vital for women who made up about two-thirds of all workers who earned minimum wage or less in 2010. 

 Read more...

Fact Sheet | Modest Recovery Largely Leaves Women Behind

February 03, 2012

This resource, updated monthly as new data on jobs and unemployment is released, shows how the modest recovery that officially started in June 2009 has left women behind. 

 Read more...

Legal Briefs & Testimony | NWLC Comments to OFCCP Re: Proposed Non-Discrimination Data Collection Tool

October 11, 2011

 The Center strongly supports the Department of Labor's proposal for a new compensation data collection tool to combat pay discrimination in federal contractor workplaces. Such a tool could play an important role in promoting OFCCP’s mission to ensure nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in the workplace.

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Fact Sheet | Wage Gap State-by-State for 2010

September 13, 2011

Recent Census data shows that in 2010, women working full-time, year-round continued to be paid less than their male counterparts working full-time, year-round, in every single state in the country. The chart below shows the wage gap state by state.

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