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2023-03-14 23:12:11 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The calculation behind Equal Pay Day has been criticized for failing to account for a number of pay-correlated factors, including hours worked, industry preference, career duration, hazard exposure, and others that, on average, differ between males and females. - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2017/apr/04/equal-pay-day-us-wage-gap-gender-race-ethnicity - https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/gillibrands-inaccurate-equal-pay-claim/ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2017/apr/04/equal-pay-day-us-wage-gap-gender-race-ethnicity

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• The calculation behind Equal Pay Day has been criticized for failing to account for a number of pay-correlated factors, including hours worked, industry preference, career duration, hazard exposure, and others that, on average, differ between males and females. - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2017/apr/04/equal-pay-day-us-wage-gap-gender-race-ethnicity - https://www.factcheck.org/2019/04/gillibrands-inaccurate-equal-pay-claim/ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2017/apr/04/equal-pay-day-us-wage-gap-gender-race-ethnicity