Sallie’s Opinion

“Happy” Equal Pay Day

Equal Pay Day is the day in 2021 that represents how far into the year the “average woman” must work to earn as much as a white man earned in 2020.

It’s the day on which we traditionally bemoan the gender pay differential, celebrate women who have “made it,” share the research on the positive power of diversity, and give advice to those who aren’t quite there yet on “how to win at work.”

But can we please not?

Equal Pay Day just misses the point … in fact, it misses a whole bunch of points.

Let me count the ways: First, Equal Pay Day in 2020 was March 31. This year, it’s March 24. So that indicates that the gender pay gap improved during 2020.

No. Way.

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