Yahoo! News: Why are men and women still not paid equally?

Equal Pay Day fell on April 2 in 2019 and each year marks how long into the new year it took before working women earned as much as men made in the prior calendar year prior. In this case – three extra months. While there’s been progress closing the gap in the form of new policies by companies and state laws regarding salary questions, workplace inequities like promotion disparities, sexual harassment and implicit bias persist. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, women earn about 80 cents compared to every dollar a man earns.

Title: Why are men and women still not paid equally?

Author: Patricia Mah, Yahoo! News

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