This document summarizes issues of inequality faced by women in the workforce. It discusses the gender wage gap where women earn only 80% of what men earn. It also describes the glass ceiling effect, an unseen barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to upper management positions regardless of their qualifications. While women of color face even lower wages compared to white and Asian-American women, legislation and advocacy are needed to eliminate discrimination and close the wage gap.
This document summarizes issues of inequality faced by women in the workforce. It discusses the gender wage gap where women earn only 80% of what men earn. It also describes the glass ceiling effect, an unseen barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to upper management positions regardless of their qualifications. While women of color face even lower wages compared to white and Asian-American women, legislation and advocacy are needed to eliminate discrimination and close the wage gap.
This document summarizes issues of inequality faced by women in the workforce. It discusses the gender wage gap where women earn only 80% of what men earn. It also describes the glass ceiling effect, an unseen barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to upper management positions regardless of their qualifications. While women of color face even lower wages compared to white and Asian-American women, legislation and advocacy are needed to eliminate discrimination and close the wage gap.
This document summarizes issues of inequality faced by women in the workforce. It discusses the gender wage gap where women earn only 80% of what men earn. It also describes the glass ceiling effect, an unseen barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to upper management positions regardless of their qualifications. While women of color face even lower wages compared to white and Asian-American women, legislation and advocacy are needed to eliminate discrimination and close the wage gap.
BUSINESS THE PROBLEM THE GLASS CEILING Inequality within the workforce EFFECT has been an issue for the The Glass Ceiling Effect is one of the growing number of women in the unseen, yet unbreachable barrier that workforce. This inequality can be keeps minorities and women from rising clearly seen within the wage gap to the upper rungs of the corporate between male and females. ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements.
Women entered the FINDINGS Women of color have smaller
workforce in large numbers annual earnings as compared to during the WWII era when non-Hispanic white and Asian- there was a large demand American women for workers in factories (The There is still a significant wage Equal Pay Act of 1963 gap between genders and ensured the absence of races despite higher education discrimination in the workplace, however, there In the state of Texas, women continues In to be awere 2015, women difference earn an annual average of in pay.) earning 80% of what men $36,934 compared to the were earning average $46,791 males earn
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