Date to be determined for 2024
Moms’ Equal Pay Day
Date: august 15, 2023
62 cents for "all earners" (full time year-round + part time and part year)
74 cents for full-time, year-round earners
Equal Pay Today spoke at a Moms’ Equal Pay Day Conversation with AAUW and MomsRising
This year we commemorate Moms’ Equal Pay on August 15, 2023 with a social media storm at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
On Moms’ Equal Pay Day, we shed light on the persistent wage gap experienced by mothers in the workplace. The statistics speak volumes: the wage gap for all working moms stands at 62 cents on the dollar as compared to all fathers and 74 cents for moms working full-time, year-round as compared to full-time, year-round working fathers.
Cultural stereotypes and workplaces designed around workers without caretaker responsibilities deeply impact women who are both employees and caretakers. Moms are the backbone of our society, dedicating their time and effort to both their families and their careers. Yet, pay discrimination, caregiver discrimination, and lack of paid leave in many of the jobs held by women continue to hold them back, impacting their economic security and future opportunities.
For this year’s Moms’ Equal Pay Day, we will be using the hashtag #MomsEqualPayDay and our shared calls to action focus on three critical pieces of federal legislation that can help close the wage gap and support working parents.
We are urging that federal lawmakers swiftly pass the:
Paycheck Fairness Act, which would modernize and strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to better combat pay discrimination and close the wage gap, including by protecting workers from retaliation for discussing pay, banning the use of prior salary history, and codifying pay data collection. Click here to take action!
Healthy Families Act, which would set a national standard for paid sick and safe days to allow workers in businesses with 15 or more employees to earn up to seven job-protected paid sick and safe days each year. Click here to take action!
FAMILY Act, which would provide workers with up to 12 weeks of partial income when they take time off work for their own serious health condition; the serious health condition of a family member; the birth or adoption of a child; to address the effects of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and for certain reasons related to military deployment. Click here to take action!
On behalf of the Moms’ Equal Pay Day Co-Leads,
Equal Pay Today & Equal Rights Advocates | MomsRising | AAUW | ERA Coalition/Fund for Women’s Equality | National Women’s Law Center
After two years of economic uncertainty due to the pandemic, research from Equal Rights Advocates new survey found that over 50% of Black and Latinx caregivers struggled making ends meet due to increased caregiving responsibilities and debt.
Here's what we learned:
84% expect childcare responsibilities will delay plans that could improve their financial security
38% said shifts in childcare led to reduction in work hours
17% were forced to leave their jobs due to childcare responsibilities and lack of childcare
31% said childcare responsibilities will delay their return to their previous level of employment
24% said childcare responsibilities will delay their achievement of long-term financial goals
14% anticipate deferring childcare
Historically, the default economic policy of this country has been to block Black and Latinx families from asset building while extracting their labor. This will only worsen as reproductive autonomy and access to abortion is stripped away. Black and Latinx family breadwinners shouldn’t have to choose between quality, affordable childcare and financial stability. We need to increase investments in childcare and universal Pre-K.
While white men and higher-earning white women are returning to some form of normalcy, low-to-middle income Black and Latinx breadwinners have been set years behind in their careers and financial goals.
Read more about Family Voices Amplified by clicking here.
“The wage gap makes it harder for moms to put food on the table and gas in their cars, to afford quality child care and health care, to pay the rent and clothe their kids. It hurts families, communities, and our economy.
“We need policies that root out discrimination and address occupational segregation while building a care infrastructure, now. America’s moms won’t stop fighting until the wage gap is a relic of the past, equal opportunity is real, and we achieve gender and racial equality in all workplaces and communities.”
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Read the full statement here.