Wednesday, August 30, 2017

You Thought Maybe She Was Different?

Ivanka Trump, who came into her father’s administration vowing to fight for women in the workplace, has blessed a White House plan to roll back an Obama-era policy aimed at eliminating the gender pay gap.

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“Ultimately, while I believe the intention was good and agree that pay transparency is important, the proposed policy would not yield the intended results,” Trump said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing to work with EEOC, OMB, Congress and all relevant stakeholders on robust policies aimed at eliminating the gender wage gap.”

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The initiative, which was unveiled by Barack Obama in January 2016, would have required employers to collect data on how much they pay their workers, broken down by gender, race and ethnicity.

The administration confirmed this week it would halt the implementation of the rule – with the backing of [Ivanka] Trump, a White House adviser who has hosted numerous roundtables on women’s economic issues.

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“We don’t believe it would actually help us gather information about wage and employment discrimination,” said Neomi Rao, an administrator from the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

  Guardian
Seriously? What, then, would?
Trump joined her father at a speech on tax reform in Missouri on Wednesday, in which the president said he hoped a tax reform package would address the costs of childcare.

“That’s so important to Ivanka Trump,” he said. “So important to my daughter, it’s one of her very big beliefs.”
Jesus. These people.

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