Tag: Latifa Lyles

Gender Pay Gaps—Which Occupations Are Worst?

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 20, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: May 20, 2013

Pat Shiu, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, was joined for the chat by Latifa Lyles, Acting Director of the Women’s Bureau (WB), and Jennifer Hunt, chief economist at the Department of Labor (DOL). [Go here for yesterday’s questions and answers] Question from Annalyn Kurtz: In what occupations is the pay gap […]

OFCCP on Pay Equality: ‘We Must Do More’

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 20, 2013 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: May 20, 2013

Latifa Lyles, Acting Director of the Women’s Bureau (WB), noted that today, full-time female workers earn on average only 81 percent of what their male counterparts earn. For African-American females and Latinas, the wage ratio is substantially lower: 68 cents and 59 cents, respectively. But the real cost of the pay gap is more than […]