Issue 193 — March 14, 2022
It’s progress to be sure that March 15 marks Equal Pay Day 2022. Women now earn 83% of what men earn for matched full time work.
Last year the annual recognition of when U.S. women had to work into 2021 before they earned what men earned what men did in just 12 months of 2020 occurred on March 24. The year before that, the day was March 31.
Read MoreWhen is 20 percent off not a good thing? When it is applied to every working woman in America who makes on average 20 percent less than a man in the same position. Click here for Take The Lead’s Equal Pay Day Infographic
Read MoreWitnessing the USA Hockey women’s teamrally for fair pay and equitable treatment – and win– offers valuable lessons for all working women. And staying positive about your potential to earn your fair share also helps. Eventually it may eliminate the pay gap.
Read MoreThis powerful infographic, created by Take The Lead’s Nailah Blades, visually expresses tips for negotiations underlining the necessity for the power to ask as now is the time to close the gap.
Read More“Be like Iceland.”
That could be the motto for the United State to achieve gender pay equity. And yes, we could be like Iceland, but perhaps without all the ice.
Read More“Go fix it.”
That would be Katee VanHorn’s motto as vice president of engagement and inclusion at GoDaddy, Inc., the world’s largest cloud platform company with 63 million domain names and 14.5 million customers.
Read MoreMy dad acted like it was no big deal.
He was so casual about it. So matter-of-fact.
We had been talking about my new promotion and, after a few minutes, he asked: “How much of a raise are you getting?”
Read MoreThis was in my Twitter feed today to remind me it’s Equal Pay Day:
Read MoreThis is funny, + sadly, true. On average, r working 22% of the time 4 free. We need 2 fix this. https://t.co/c76v6hqeXC @GloriaFeldt
— Sheryl L. Axelrod (@sher_lawyer) April 14, 2015
Why is this Equal Pay Day, Tuesday, April 8th, so important? Because women still only earn 77¢ for every $1 earned by a man. But together, we can fix that. Make Equal Pay Day extra meaningful this year by taking action to close your own pay and leadership gap. For starters, Take The
Read MoreDear Take The Lead Friends, We have great news! TAKE THE LEAD is launching a two-week “Dollar-a-Like” campaign to build our network and spread the message of our mission to propel women to fair and equal shares of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025.
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