Boston Women's Workforce Council

Today marks a significant step towards equity in Massachusetts - thank you to our House and Senate for voting to pass The Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act, sending the bill now to Governor Healey! By mandating salary transparency, we will move closer to eliminating racial and gender wage gaps in our pursuit of vital, prosperous and equitable communities. Thank you to Senate President Karen Spilka, House Speaker Ron Mariano, the conference committee, former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy, Megan Driscoll, and everyone who played a role in passing this legislation along with the entire #WageEquityNow Coalition for their steadfast partnership! More about the bill and WEN Coalition: https://bit.ly/3mHU5Ud

We are thrilled to welcome a new Compact Signer MDS/Miller Dyer Spears Inc.! 🎉 MDS/Miller Dyer Spears is an architecture, planning, and interior design firm creating environments that drive change. Learn more about becoming a Compact Signer at https://lnkd.in/eHv4D2f9! Featured in photo: Nereyda Rodriguez, RA, LEED AP BD C, PHI Designer, Kate Wonkka, and Amy MacKrell, AIA, LEED AP

"The Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act — named after the first woman to serve as US labor secretary — would require employers with 25 full-time employees or more to disclose salary ranges in their job postings and protect an employee’s right to ask for salary ranges in the workplace. Requiring employers to list a pay range on job postings — say from $80,000 to $100,000 for a project manager — can reduce inequities because women and people of color tend to underestimate their asking salaries, according to advocates who have studied the issue." Check out the Boston Globe Media article by Shirley Leung featuring BWWC Co-Chair, Evelyn Murphy: https://bit.ly/3SlC8rw

MDS is pleased to join the Boston Women's Workforce Council and over 200 other area employers who are committed to eliminating gender and racial wage gaps.

Looking for a new position? 💼 Our 100% Talent Job Board highlights BWWC Compact Signers who are hiring! These organizations have committed to closing their gender and racial wage gaps. Visit our job board here: https://lnkd.in/ghZPmpG

"How do I not fight pay disparity, when I do the same job and get paid less, but win more?" Dawn Staley, head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team, took home the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2024 ESPYs. In her powerful acceptance speech, she emphasized our responsibility to advocate for others and fight for equity in all areas of our lives. Watch her full speech here: https://bit.ly/3zHnXa3

Calling All Compact Signers 📣 Are you a Talent, People, or HR leader? If so, please take a few minutes to fill out this survey on remote and hybrid work best practices. This survey is by Listen to Your Mothers, a startup founded by 4 working moms that strives to shift culture and implement practices that retain and grow talent. Take the survey here: https://bit.ly/3xPWMcy

Check out this article on the increasing importance of pay transparency by The Business Journals! Read it here: https://bit.ly/4681OOg

Nationally, Black women working full time make only 69¢ for every dollar a white man makes. According to BWWC's 2023 Gender and Racial Wage Gap data, Black women in Greater Boston earn just 48¢ for every dollar white men earn. This pay gap goes beyond income: today it affects Black women's access to healthcare, education, and housing among other things, consequently impacting their ability to accumulate wealth in the future. Equal pay for Black women isn't just fair—it's necessary. #BlackWomensEqualPayDay Graphic credit: Equal Pay Today, National Women's Law Center, Economic Policy Institute, Black Women's Roundtable.

New Signer! We are thrilled to announce that New England Aquarium has signed the 100% Talent Compact Pledge. New England Aquarium is a nonprofit research and conservation organization that has protected and cared for our ocean and marine animals for more than 50 years. They provide science-based solutions and help shape policies that create measurable change to address threats the ocean faces. Learn more about signing the 100% Talent Compact: https://bit.ly/3wJHAgs