gender equality
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Colorado Senate OKs strengthening Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
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Colorado businesses have been required to provide equal pay to employees performing the same work since 2021. But many women say they still face pay discrimination in the workplace. Lawmakers are trying to address these gaps with Senate Bill 105. If enacted, the bill would implement measures to enforce the state’s existing Equal Pay for Equal Work…
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Colorado Democrats, Republicans clash over Equal Rights Amendment
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Bipartisan lawmakers stood shoulder to shoulder Thursday morning in recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment, but within minutes the moment of solidarity shattered into a party battle on abortion and transgender rights. The state House of Representatives introduced a resolution marking the 100th anniversary of when the ERA, an effort to codify gender equality in the…
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Colorado considers strengthening Equal Pay for Equal Work Act
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After working at the same company for over 20 years, Michelle Siemer said she was still paid less than the men she supervised. Siemer, an Eagle County mother of three, said she spent decades collecting accolades and additional responsibilities at her job. But while Siemer had the same duties as many of the male senior…
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Congressional abortion debate heats up again
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As last month’s Women’s March on Washington and the March for Life showed, Americans continue to have sharp differences over the abortion issue. On different days, organizers estimated 1 million people gathered in Washington, D.C. and more than 5 million worldwide to support gender equity issues, including the right to an abortion, followed by tens…
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Equal pay receives unequal welcome in House
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A signature piece of election-year Democratic legislation that would make equal pay for equal work among state contract workers the law in Colorado passed in the House and is headed to the Senate, where it is unlikely to ever reach the chamber floor. It’s the latest in the main narrative of 2016’s divided Legislature so…
