3 Shocking Facts About Gender Wage Inequality
- In 2014, women made around 16% LESS than men. Latina women made 56% LESS than their white male counterparts.
- In total, California women lose about $33,650,294,544.00 each year because of the wage gap.
- California’s Fair Pay Act, SB 358, took effect January 1, 2016, and seeks to reduce or eliminate the gender wage gap in California.
In 2016, California’s Fair Pay Act (Senate Bill No. 358) Improved Enforcement of Fair and Equal Pay in the Workplace for Women
- The new law allows women who are doing “substantially similar” work to earn equal pay to their male counterparts.
- Employers also have the burden to show how a wage difference between men and women is not based on sex.
- Enhanced protections for women who suffer discrimination or retaliation for using the Fair Pay Act to achieve fair and equal pay.
