The growing use of contingency workers, especially part-timers, and widening wage disparities has sparked a major face-off between big business and unions.
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The study found similar wage disparities in the earnings of males and females in seven other industries, including finance, real estate, insurance, and entertainment.
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During the 1980s, PRLDEF changed its focus somewhat, moving beyond traditional civil rights cases to address more economically focused issues such as wage disparities.
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Another factor that may have contributed to the trend was The Equal Pay Act of 1963, which aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.
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Another factor that may have contributed to the trend was the The Equal Pay Act of 1963, which aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.
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The extent to which discrimination plays a role in explaining gender wage disparities is somewhat difficult to quantify, due to a number of potentially confounding variables.
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That bill, which failed in the last legislative session, would direct federal agencies to collect data about wage disparities and increase penalties for violating equal-pay statutes.
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The global economic forces behind the trend include wage disparity between China and the United States, improved conditions on the mainland and increased business ties between both countries.
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The Daschle-DeLauro legislation, which failed in the last legislative session, would direct federal agencies to collect data about wage disparities and increase penalties for violating equal pay statutes.
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In Woburn, Mass ., some Verizon wireless employees approached CWA about unionizing earlier this year, citing concerns about wage disparities and a lack of guarantees for long-term benefits.
