You don’t have to listen to the news to know that the prices of nearly everything have increased. If you bought groceries, gas, or any other necessity, you felt the pinch in your bank account. But if you read or listen to the news, you have undoubtedly heard that inflation rose to 9.1% last month, reaching its highest point in 41 years. Higher prices have caused some to dip into savings (assuming you had funds set aside for long-term purposes) … Read the rest
Category Archives: Salaries
The Student Loan Pause Extended
This article is from the April 2022 issue.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced an extension of the pause on student loan repayment, interest, and collections through August 31, 2022. The extension will provide additional time for borrowers to plan for the resumption of payments, reducing the risk of delinquency and defaults after the restart. During the extension, the Department will continue to assess the financial impacts of the pandemic on student loan borrowers and prepare to transition borrowers smoothly back into repayment. This … Read the rest
Mississippi Passed an Equal Pay Bill; Advocates Worried
This article is from the April 2022 issue.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a U.S. law that prohibits employers from paying different wages to men and women who work under similar conditions and whose jobs require the same level of skill, effort, and responsibility. The jobs do not have to be identical, but they must be substantially equal. Job content (not job titles) determines whether jobs are substantially equal. Mississippi is the last state in the nation to not have either an equal pay law or … Read the rest
Equal Pay Day
This article is from the March 2022 issue.
By Sian Brannon
“Equal Pay Day” is a date noted each year that symbolizes the time during the year when women will have finally earned the same as white men from the previous year. Typically in spring, it takes approximately 15 months for a (white) woman to earn as much as a white man earned in 12 months. The first Equal Pay Day was recognized by the National Pay Inequity Awareness Day proclamation by President Bill Clinton on April 11, … Read the rest
Thinking about Retiring in 2022? Reasons to Reconsider
This article is from the December 2021 issue.
Anyone older than 50 has probably thought about what it will be like to retire. Most people work hard all their adult lives and look forward to retirement. Given the last two years of dealing with uncertainty brought on by various aspects of life — the pandemic, economic instability, social unrest, political upheaval, stress, etc. — it’s not surprising that more people may be looking to retire sooner rather than later. Some may even be in count-down mode. If you’re … Read the rest
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
This article is from the November 2021 issue.
In October, the U.S. Department of Education announced an overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program that it will implement over the next year to make the program live up to its promise. This article explains that “when the loan forgiveness program started in 2007, its goal was to encourage workers to pursue careers in public service. After ten years of public service work, applicants – teachers, nurses, first responders, child welfare workers, librarians, mental health professionals, … Read the rest
More Equal Pay Days: Native American Women and Latinas
This article is from the October 2021 issue.
Can you believe that it is already the middle of October? Where did the time go? For some people, it may feel as though the year flew past in a blur. For others, the time may have dragged on. This feeling may be particularly true if you are a Latina or Native American woman coping with financial struggles, trying to make ends meet. October 21st is the last Equal Pay Day of the year—and it belongs to Latinas. Equal … Read the rest
Equal Pay Day for African American Women Came this Month
This article is from the August 2021 issue.
August 3 was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day for this year: African American women had to work all of 2020 and this far into 2021 to catch up with what White men earned in 2020 alone. On average, African American women make 37% less than White men and 20% less than White women, even when they worked in similar jobs and had similar qualifications. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “if changes in the earnings ratio for … Read the rest
Top 10 Retirement Tips for Today
This article is from the July 2021 issue.
What do you envision for your life when you retire? Do you see yourself traveling to foreign countries each year? Do you see yourself with family and friends on tropical beaches? Do you have a vision? Or do you feel that with the money you’re making now, you’ll never be able to save enough to retire? Perhaps you feel like you’re just trying to make it from one paycheck to the next, so you can’t even think about saving for … Read the rest
Women Lost $800 Billion in Income Due to COVID-19
This article is from the May 2021 issue.
By now, most people have heard that nearly 3 million women have left the workforce since the pandemic began due, in many instances, to caregiving duties. It is estimated that women worldwide were hit harder than men in the job market, with 5% of women losing jobs versus 3.9% of men. Have you thought about the financial impact of this exodus? If you are a woman, you’ve probably felt it first-hand. According to this article, women worldwide lost at … Read the rest
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