Equal Pay

Honorable Women

September 6, 2018
Workplace Equality

Next month, at our Fall Celebration, A Better Balance will be honoring an amazing group of movement leaders who work every day to support and protect women and working families. Meet our honorees.

Women’s Equality Day, Not so Fast

August 26, 2018
Workplace Equality

The history of voting rights in this country is marked by inequality—gender as well as racial inequality. We are still fighting the legacy of this discrimination in the voting booth and beyond.

Know Your Rights: New York City Salary History Ban Law

July 20, 2018

If We Really Want to Celebrate Motherhood, Let’s Pay Moms Equally

May 30, 2018
Workplace Equality

Today is Moms’ Equal Pay Day. On average, mothers who work full-time, year-round, only earn 71 cents for every dollar fathers earn. To bring this into focus, in a role where a man is making $40,000 per year for a full-time job, the average mother would only make $28,400, or $11,600 less for that same role.

On Equal Pay Day, New York Takes Bold Step on Equal Pay

April 10, 2018
Workplace Equality

To mark Equal Pay Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced legislation that would prevent employers in the State from relying on or inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history, a practice that disadvantages women and people of color who historically earn lower wages.

State Legislatures Are Blocking Equal Pay

April 10, 2018
Defending Local Democracy, Workplace Equality

Equal Pay Day is not a holiday. It is a day to recognize the many structural inequities, from sexism to racism to the maternal wage gap, that result in U.S. women earning 82 cents—and Black women earning 68 cents—for every dollar their white male counterparts make.

Take a Stand this International Women’s Day & Join ABB today online to pass the #SalaryHistory Bill in NYS!

March 8, 2018
Workplace Equality

In honor of International Women’s Day, we ask for you to join us in advocating for an end to this practice by sharing this letter publicly on social media today, Thursday, March 8 and using both #SalaryHistory and #IWD2018.

Working Women of New York: Know About Your Right to Equal Pay

February 21, 2018
City Laws, State Laws

ABB just launched the Working Woman's Pocket Guide. Over the next few weeks, we'll break down each section of the guide. Today's blog focuses on equal pay. Know Your Rights. Because knowledge is power.

Working Women of New York: Know Your Rights on Sex Discrimination

January 29, 2018
City Laws, State Laws, Workplace Equality

ABB just launched The Working Woman's Pocket Guide. Over the next few weeks, we’ll break down each section of the guide. Today's blog focuses on sex discrimination. Know Your Rights. Because knowledge is power.

The Working Woman’s Pocket Guide: A Better Balance’s Guide to Knowing Your Rights as a Working Woman in New York

January 16, 2018

Click here to view a web version of the Working Woman's Pocket Guide.