Women make less on the dollar than men. The Obama administration is working to crack down on equal pay violations.
Recently, the Department of Labor, in partnership with the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, launched an innovation initiative to eliminate the inequality in gender pay. On average, women make less on the dollar than men.
Overall, the Obama Administration is working to crack down on equal pay violations. This all started with the first bill President Obama signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, with assists women in recovering lost wages as the result of pay discrimination.
So what does all pf this have to do with an Equal Pay App?
The previously mentioned innovation initiative calls on developers to create an easy-to-use app the not only educates app users about equal pay, but provides them tools and resources to combat equal pay discrimination as well.
The winner for the innovation initiative, who creates the best Equal Pay App, will be announced next month, in April. We'll be sure to keep you in the loop and update you as we get more information. In the meantime, tell us, is the Equal Pay App an app you would use?
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When can we expect an update on this?
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