New report shows Illinois making progress shrinking gender pay gap, but disparities persist among minority workers
A new report shows Illinois is making progress shrinking the gender pay gap, but disparities in pay still persist, particularly for some minority workers.
Professor Robert Bruno, director of labor education and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joined ABC7 Chicago Monday to talk more about it.
He discussed the study and how it was conducted, its key findings about the gender pay gap, what was learned about minority workers and why some industries were more impacted than others.
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He also touched on his recommendations from the report.
"Ensuring pay equity does more than protect justice in the workplace," Bruno said. "Paying workers fairly regardless of race or gender contributes to a lifetime of higher earnings."
Visit https://lep.illinois.edu/project-for-middle-class-renewal for more information.
