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Topic of the Week

Pay or Compensation Discrimination

Blog of the Week

Black workers are hurt most as Congress doesn't extend unemployment

One mostly unintended aspect of the $600 in added unemployment benefits is that it reduced racial disparities. But that means that one aspect of the $600 expiring is that those same racial disparities have come roaring back.

Thought for the Week

"Black women are a large percentage of COVID-19 front-line workers, but they are being paid less than their white male peers, and are experiencing high unemployment. "

–National Women's Law Center

List of the Week

from Center For American Progress

The Disproportionate Economic Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women of Color

An estimated 60.3 percent of maids and housekeepers, 50.3 percent of nursing assistants, and 45.7 percent of personal care aides are women of color.
Although many women of color work in essential jobs, they also disproportionately work in several of the industries hit hardest by job losses.
Women of color account for 53.8 percent of workers in the accommodations and food services industry and 80 percent of workers in the health and social assistance industry.
Hispanic families and Black families engaged in family caregiving are estimated to spend 44 percent and 34 percent, respectively, of their annual income on caregiving expenses, compared with 14 percent for white families and 9 percent for Asian families.