How to Create Decent Work Policies for All: Federal Policy Recommendations
Commonsense policies on wages, paid leave, benefits, and workplace conditions are essential to support workers and their families. Because women, and particularly women of color, are overrepresented in low-wage jobs that lack essential workplace protections such as paid leave, stronger mandates can reduce racial, gender, and economic inequities. Better labor policies correlate not only to higher median household income and GDP per capita, but also to lower rates of poverty, infant mortality, and food insecurity.
Policymakers can reduce inequality by enacting federal policies centered on people, which will create an inclusive economy that works for all.