From paid maternity leave to sexual harassment protections, here are 8 recent laws helping women in the workplace
Happy Women’s Equality Day! From paid maternity leave to raises for minimum wage workers, several new state and local laws that go into effect this year will directly impact women workers.
It’s not just blue states like California and New York that are taking action. Mississippi has been considering a law to address pay disparities between men and women, Johnson said. “It’s not only about women, it’s about their families, too. It’s incredibly important to overall economic well-being and it’s really exciting to see states stepping up.”
Minimum wage increases Almost two-thirds of minimum wage workers in the U.S. are women, according to the National Women’s Law Center and, in 18 states, they’re about to get raises. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and hasn’t increased since 2009. A woman with two children working full-time at that rate would live near or below the poverty line in nearly every state, according to a 2017 analysis by NWLC.
Time off for domestic violence and stalking victims In Nevada, employers will be required to provide time off to domestic violence victims and in New York City, paid sick leave will be expanded to include time off for victims of sexual offenses and stalking starting in May. Nevada employees can use the leave to do things like get counseling, go to court or go to the doctor.
But some employers are skeptical about the laws. In a survey of 108 businesses by executive search firm Korn Ferry, two-thirds said they thought the new laws would do little to change differences in pay, the Washington Post reported. More predictable work schedules Larger employers in Oregon’s retail, hospitality and food services sectors were obliged to give new hires more specific information about their work schedules and warn employees about upcoming schedule changes as of July 2018. New York City enacted similar laws for fast food and retail workers starting in November 2017.
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