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According to Business Insider, overall, women who were full-time, year-round employees made approximately 82 cents for every dollar men made in 2019, based on median earning data from the Census Current Population Survey. That means

ablokhin/iStock By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 379,000 jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate for February down by a fraction of a percentage point to 6.2%, the Department of Labor said Friday. Friday’s jobs report highlights how the pace of the labor market’s recovery remains hampered by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The pre-pandemic unemployment rate in the U.S. was 3.5%. Notable job gains last month occurred in leisure and hospitality (...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The recovery remains hampered by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. • 6 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.Tony Dejak/AP, FILE U.S. employers added 379,000 jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate for February down by a fraction of a percentage point to 6.2%, the Department of Labor said Friday. Fridays jobs report highlights how the pace of the labor markets recovery remains hamp...

In summary Here are additional protections that need to be implemented in this relief package to better serve BIPOC-owned and rural small businesses: By Paulina Gonzalez-Brito Tate Hill, Special to CalMatters Tate Hill is the executive director of Access Plus Capital, a small business loan fund for low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs, tate.hill@accesspluscapital.com. Small businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and People of Color are being disproportionately crushed by the weight of the pand...