Obama's move on gender pay gap seen as first step in uphill battleNEW YORK (Reuters) - Advocates fighting to close the U.S. gender pay gap hailed President Barack Obama’s proposal to expand salary reporting requirements but said much more was needed to end wage discrimination.  Under the plan, companies with 100 employees or more must provide data on hours worked and salary ranges, broken down by gender, race and ethnicity, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission each year to help identify and combat pay discrimination.    Lisa Maatz, vice president of government relations at the American Association of University Women, said the data would be useful in passing legislation, making companies comply with existing laws and proving the gender pay gap is not a myth. “The wage gap is a persistent, pernicious problem, and it has been around for awhile,” Maatz said in an interview. “We still have a lot to do to change it, but this is an excellent step forward.”  Maatz said other measures, including non-retaliation policies at companies so women can ask about discrepancies in pay and changes in how salaries are determined, would accelerate progress. “Not using salary histories but rather looking at resumes and taking into account experience and paying for what the job is worth to the company will do a lot to help close the gender pay gap,” Maatz added.  Women earn 79 cents for every dollar a man makes for equal work, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Although the pay gap has narrowed since 1960, when women made about 60 cents for every dollar, the institute calculates that if change continues at the same pace, women will not reach equal pay until 2059. The current situation is worse for black women, at 60 cents, and Latina women, at 55 cents, said Vivien Labaton, co-founder of the non-profit Make It Work campaign for economic security for working families.  Labaton said making salary range data that companies submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accessible to their employees would speed up change. “What Make It Work is calling for is a publicly available database that would show what employers pay for different jobs based on sex, race and ethnicity,” she said. The commission issues only aggregated data that does not reveal any particular employer’s or employees’ information. “We do know that the more transparency you have, the smaller the gender pay gap there will be,” said Maatz. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Obama's move on gender pay gap seen as first step in uphill battleNEW YORK (Reuters) - Advocates fighting to close the U.S. gender pay gap hailed President Barack Obama’s proposal to expand salary reporting requirements but said much more was needed to end wage discrimination.  Under the plan, companies with 100 employees or more must provide data on hours worked and salary ranges, broken down by gender, race and ethnicity, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission each year to help identify and combat pay discrimination.    Lisa Maatz, vice president of government relations at the American Association of University Women, said the data would be useful in passing legislation, making companies comply with existing laws and proving the gender pay gap is not a myth. “The wage gap is a persistent, pernicious problem, and it has been around for awhile,” Maatz said in an interview. “We still have a lot to do to change it, but this is an excellent step forward.”  Maatz said other measures, including non-retaliation policies at companies so women can ask about discrepancies in pay and changes in how salaries are determined, would accelerate progress. “Not using salary histories but rather looking at resumes and taking into account experience and paying for what the job is worth to the company will do a lot to help close the gender pay gap,” Maatz added.  Women earn 79 cents for every dollar a man makes for equal work, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Although the pay gap has narrowed since 1960, when women made about 60 cents for every dollar, the institute calculates that if change continues at the same pace, women will not reach equal pay until 2059. The current situation is worse for black women, at 60 cents, and Latina women, at 55 cents, said Vivien Labaton, co-founder of the non-profit Make It Work campaign for economic security for working families.  Labaton said making salary range data that companies submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accessible to their employees would speed up change. “What Make It Work is calling for is a publicly available database that would show what employers pay for different jobs based on sex, race and ethnicity,” she said. The commission issues only aggregated data that does not reveal any particular employer’s or employees’ information. “We do know that the more transparency you have, the smaller the gender pay gap there will be,” said Maatz. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: obama move gender pay gap seen first step uphill battlenew york reuters advocates fighting close gender pay gap hailed president barack obama proposal expand salary reporting requirements said much needed end wage discrimination under plan companies employees must provide data hours worked salary ranges broken gender race ethnicity equal employment opportunity commission year help identify combat pay discrimination lisa math vice president government relations american association university women said data would useful passing legislation making companies comply existing laws proving gender pay gap myth the wage gap persistent pernicious problem around awhile math said interview we still lot change excellent step math said measures including policies companies women ask discrepancies pay changes salaries determined would accelerate progress not using salary histories rather looking resumes taking account experience paying job worth company lot help close gender pay gap math added women earn cents every dollar man makes equal work according institute women policy research although pay gap narrowed since women made cents every dollar institute calculates change continues pace women reach equal pay the current situation worse black women cents latina women cents said given baton make it work campaign economic security working families baton said making salary range data companies submit equal employment opportunity commission accessible employees would speed change what make it work calling publicly available database would show employers pay different jobs based sex race ethnicity said the commission issues aggregated data reveal particular employer employees information we know transparency smaller gender pay gap said math politicsnews