WASHINGTON, June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
EQUAL PAY
Profile America — Wednesday, June 10th. On this date in 1963, Congress enacted the Equal Pay Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages for equal work by employers. Currently, women are paid 78 cents for every dollar of men's wages, up from 61 cents in 1960. One factor in this disparity is the composition of civilian noninstitutional employment, where there are 79 million working men over 16 years old, as opposed to 69.3 million women. But women outnumber men in the ranks of part-time workers by a ratio of around two to one. There are also different job tenures, often caused by career interruptions for childbirth and rearing. Men working full time average around 42 hours on the job per week, versus 37 hours for women. Profile America is in its 19th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 6834
Text: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm
Background: http://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilrights/equal-pay-act-1963.htm
Employed men & women/table A-1: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
1960 ratio: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/pdf/women_workforce_slides.pdf
Current ratio: http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/demo/p60-249.pdf
Part time workers: http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea06.htm
Career paths: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/04/17/Why-Women-Are-Leaving-the-Workforce-in-Record-Numbers
Working hours: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
Related Links
WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?
Newsrooms &
Influencers
Digital Media
Outlets
Journalists
Opted In
Share this article