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State-level policies to improve job quality

State-level policies to improve job quality. Collective bargaining / unionization Minimum wage, living wage Child-care subsidies Health care plans, including Medicaid Laws requiring unpaid or paid time off Requirements tied to economic development subsidies.

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State-level policies to improve job quality

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  1. State-level policies to improve job quality • Collective bargaining / unionization • Minimum wage, living wage • Child-care subsidies • Health care plans, including Medicaid • Laws requiring unpaid or paid time off • Requirements tied to economic development subsidies

  2. A note on the legal framework foremployment benefits in the U.S. • Labor market regulation in the U.S. is gender-neutral. • Federal anti-discrimination laws require equal treatment. • Employers may voluntarily offer sex-specific benefits in limited circumstances, like paid maternity leave.

  3. State-level policies to move women intonon-traditional occupations • Requirements tied to economic development subsidies • Special community college programs targeted at women • Funding of non-profit programs targeted at women • Federal Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) program ended in 2003

  4. Partners in training for non-traditional occupations • Community colleges • Non-profit organizations committed to increasing women’s access to non-traditional occupations • Local business groups looking for new workers • Faith-based organizations helping women achieve economic security • Some government agencies will provide funding

  5. Programs to introduce schoolgirls andcommunity college students to the trades

  6. Non-profits working to increase economic security of welfare recipients, low-wage workers, individuals leaving jail, or the unemployed may have special NTO programs for women. • Professional associations for women in science, engineering, and math have programs to recruit and retain highly educated women and attract schoolgirls.

  7. Designing Job Training Program in Your Own Country • Main problems with women’s employment  Ideal local programs? • What do you need to design these programs? (1) available resources (2) additional resources required (3) major barriers

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