Good News! The Sex Pay Gap Is Gone!

In a September 2, 2010 article in USA Today reported research done by Reach Advisors on 2008 Census data. This data compared the income data for single men and women ages 22-30 in major metropolitan areas. The results showed that single women in this age bracket when compared to single men in that age bracket out earned them by significant factor, in a range of 12% to 21%. Several factors where cited, but the prime reason was education. More women than men are going to college and they are 1.5 more likely to graduate. This trend is even more apparent in cities with higher minority populations. As an example single women in the study made 21% more than their male counterparts in Atlanta.

Women in their 20's who are married and have children do not have the wage advantage their single "sisters" have. They are making just 90% of what married with children males make. Hmmmm... could that be due to the career interruption of having the child? Could it also be that women in that age bracket with children are also less likely to have college degrees?

Does this mean that sex discrimination in pay may not be the "great evil" it was once considered to be? Does this mean that legislation such as the Paycheck Fairness Act is unnecessary? Can the market actually take care of this, as many have postulated?

What do you think???

The First 100 Days of Obama: Fistful of Talent Saved Me An Update

The folks over at Fistful of Talent saved me a legislative update. Follow this link to Tough Love: The First 100 Days of the Obama Administration. It is getting very hard to be an employer these days and it is not going to get any easier. So read and learn and prepare. Or be active and contact legislators to express your opinion on the pending legislation.

Change you can believe in.... well you can believe there will be change and more change. Hang on to your hat the rollercoaster is leaving the platform!

More On Paycheck Fairness: Still Beating 'Cause the Horse Isn't Dead

Here are two great links for people who are far more compentent to talk about the paycheck fairness legislation than am I. The first link is to Ann Bares, author of Compensation Force, who talks about Pay Legislation Leaps to Top of House Agenda: Interview with WorldatWork's Cara Welch. Ann Bares is a MUST read.

The second link is to Michael Moore's Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog where he writes about Record Retention Nightmare Created by Ledbetter Fair Pay Act . If you are a paper shuffler you will love this law. If not... whoa... what a potential nightmare! How about NEVER getting rid of ANY employee information? Eternal record retention.... do you have enough file cabinets?

So check out these two invaluable blog posts. Be informed.