Biden Pleads With Private Sector To Help Narrow Gender Wage Gap

Biden Pleads With Private Sector , To Help Narrow Gender Wage Gap.

AP reports President Joe Biden celebrated Equal Pay Day by highlighting how his administration intends to narrow the gender wage gap.

AP reports President Joe Biden celebrated Equal Pay Day by highlighting how his administration intends to narrow the gender wage gap.

Biden also called on the private sector to do its part.

The president signed an executive order, which encourages lawmakers to ban federal contractors from seeking prior salary history of job applicants.

According to AP, the Labor Department issued a directive intended to increase federal contractors' obligations to audit payrolls to guard against pay disparities.

Gender equality is not a women’s issue alone.

It benefits everybody.

, President Joe Biden, via statement, as reported by AP.

It’s my hope that it sets an example for all private companies to follow as well.

, President Joe Biden, via statement, as reported by AP.

Equal Pay Day was created in hopes of bringing more attention to the disparities between what men and women earn doing the same job.

Over a 40-year career, a woman will lose out on about $400,000.

, Vice President Kamala Harris, via statement, as reported by AP.

For Black women, Latina women, Native American women, that loss in wages is closer to $1 million.

, Vice President Kamala Harris, via statement, as reported by AP.

In 2020, full-time female employees earned, on average, 83 cents on the dollar when compared to a male performing the same work.

In 2020, full-time female employees earned, on average, 83 cents on the dollar when compared to a male performing the same work