Pay Transparency Legislation Enough to Eliminate the Pay Gap?
Hopeful that the new laws in California and New York will diminish the pay gap.
California and New York City are now two of the newest jurisdictions of only a handful that currently require pay transparency laws. [1] According to the Pew Research Center, women earn, on average, 84 percent of men’s wages for the same role. The Center also reports that average hourly wages for Black and Latino men lag behind the hourly pay of white men. Further, the U.S. Census Bureau reports…