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Struggling American Families: The Urgent Need for Higher Wages
9 days ago
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According to Jason Rahlan, the VP of corporate responsibility and sustainability for Dayforce, employers have an easy fix for the problem: raising wages.
The report utilized data from 600,000 full-time employees, which was run through MIT’s Living Wage calculator. The recommended living wage in America is context-specific; it varies based on location and cost of living. For example, the living wage in Sacramento County, California, for a couple with two children, is $31.43, while the living wage in Marshall County, Kansas, with the same parameters, is $22.46.
She went on to discuss the impact of the economic climate on women. “When it comes to women, there are several factors that drive the report’s findings, and they’re all connected to a pernicious history of societal biases as well as discriminatory and unequal labor market policies that are continuing to contribute to the disparities that we see by gender.”
Black and Latino workers also face inequality. They are twice as likely as white workers not to make ends meet. The two ethnicities, respectively, earn $8.20 and $7.70 less per hour than white workers, this is a significant gap in earning potential. Jason Rahlan, the VP of corporate responsibility and sustainability for Dayforce, employers have an easy fix for the problem: raising wages or losing talented workers to other companies.
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