Minding the Gap

Sheryl B. Galler, Chair of the Women in Law Section, writes how the section's Annual Meeting programming will focus on the gender pay gap. Keynote speaker Emily Martin, vice president for education and workplace justice at the National Women's Law Center, will help identify new approaches in public policy that can help shift our culture around gender, pay and work.

January 17, 2023 at 09:05 AM

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Women in Law

By Sheryl B. Galler, Chair, Women in Law Section

June 2023 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, when Congress took "the first step" toward addressing the gender pay gap. 109 Cong. Rec. 9193 (1963) (Rep. Frances P. Bolton). Since then, our federal, state and local governments have taken more steps and passed more pay equity laws. Yet "systemic pay inequity and discrimination" persist. New York Senate, Senate Bill S9427A. According to recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, women earn only 83 cents for every dollar earned by men. U.S Department of Labor, Earnings and earnings ratios by sex, race, and occupation group.