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In the last 25 years, the gender pay gap in the United States has closed by just 8 cents.
At that rate, American women won’t average the same salaries as men for the same jobs until 2059. In Massachusetts, it will take until 2056. And for women of color across the country, it could be another 100 to 200 years, according to recent projections.
To pick up the pace, Maura Healey says larger employers should have to provide a public breakdown of what they’re paying men, women, and different racial groups.
During a forum hosted Wednesday morning by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts attorney general said she supports legislation that would require companies and nonprofits with more than 100 employees to make demographic wage data including the breakdown for their 10 highest earners public.
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New leaders of color in Boston say the shift is a sign of progress and optimism, but also an indication that much work still needs to be done to close the racial leadership gap.
Baker administration awards 108 Massachusetts businesses $5 million in COVID-19 small business grants
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Gov. Charlie Baker talks to Panela restaurant owners Viviana Acevedo and her brother Juan Acevedo during a visit in Lowell to talk about grants that are helping small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Viviana Acevedo is also chef of the restaurant which has all types of Colombian cuisine.POOL PHOTO/Lowell Sun/Julia Mala
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced another 108 businesses would receive a collective $5 million in small business grants under a COVID-19 grant program.
“These relief grants were designed to help the hardest hit businesses, specifically targeted to certain groups and sectors that were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and in many cases couldn’t access some of the federally available business support programs,” Baker said from his podium at the Panela Restaurant in