As women and men left their jobs this spring because they were called up for military duty, employers scrambled to make sure that these workers did not suffer losses of salary and benefits. In a number of cases, organizations made up the difference between their employees’ military pay and their normal pay, held jobs open, and made sure that benefits continued during workers’ absence. At the same time, the media [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau has made available statistics on women’s and men’s earnings for several decades. By examining this time series of data, it is possible to get a feel for the changes and trends in earnings. One thing revealed by a simple visual examination of the series since 1960 is how closely the shapes of the two lines parallel each other. The dips and bumps in women’s and men’s [...]
Women are more likely than men to work part-time. However, most gender wage comparisons leave out part-time workers and focus only on full-time, year-round workers. A close look at the earnings of women and men who work 40 hours or more per week reveals that the wage gap may actually widen as the number of hours worked increases. Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what [...]
Some people think that if women move into male-dominated occupations in larger numbers, the wage gap will close. However, there appears to be a gender-related wage gap in virtually every occupational category. In researching this issue at the Center for Gender Studies, we found only four occupational categories for which comparison data were available in which women earned even a little more than men: special education teachers, order clerks, electrical [...]
The trend towards more women working is almost certain to continue. In the European Union women have filled 6m of the 8m new jobs created since 2000. In America three out of four people thrown out of work since the recession began are men; the female unemployment rate is 8.6%, against 11.2% for men. The Bureau of Labour Statistics calculates that women make up more than two-thirds of employees in [...]
One obvious problem is that women’s rising aspirations have not been fulfilled. They have been encouraged to climb onto the occupational ladder only to discover that the middle rungs are dominated by men and the upper rungs are out of reach. Only 2% of the bosses of Fortune 500 companies and five of those in the FTSE 100 stockmarket index are women. Women make up less than 13% of board [...]
Across the rich world more women are working than ever before. Coping with this change will be one of the great challenges of the coming decades THE economic empowerment of women across the rich world is one of the most remarkable revolutions of the past 50 years. It is remarkable because of the extent of the change: millions of people who were once dependent on men have taken control of [...]
- Women’s representation in Fortune 500 leadership positions has stagnated in recent years. WOMEN’S SHARE OF FORTUNE 500 LEADERSHIP - Women’s representation in Financial Post 500 leadership positions has slowly increased in recent years. ———————————————————————————————————————————- WOMEN’S SHARE OF FINANCIAL POST 500 LEADERSHIP - In 2010: 1. Women made up 46.7% of the labor force. 2. 58.6% of all women 16 years and over were in the labor force, compared to [...]
- In the U.S., for the 2009-2010 academic year, women made up 47.2% of law school students. - In 2010, women were 31.5% of all lawyers. - In 2011, women were 45.4% of all associates,13 and 19.5% of all partners - In Canada in 2009, women were 37.4% of all lawyers for whom gender data was recorded. - Since 1985, women have comprised more than 40 percent of law students [...]
- Women-owned businesses generate over $3 trillion in sales annually. (National Foundation of Women Business Owners) - Women make up 73 percent of all shoppers in the US; they spend 80 cents of every dollar - Women are nearly half the managerial workforce. They hold 49 percent of managerial and professional specialty positions - Women are shareholders. Using their own resources, women make up over 40 percent of investors. Technorati [...]