Treasurer Fitch Pushes Gender Pay, Financial Literacy Despite Bills Dying
JACKSON — State Treasurer Lynn Fitch (R) is disappointed that legislation addressing the state's gender-pay gap and requiring financial literacy education for students did not see the light of day in the Mississippi Legislature this session.
Fitch said Mississippi is one of two states that has not addressed the gender-pay gap with legislation—the other state is Alabama.
"I'd really like for us to beat Alabama on this one," she told the Stennis Capitol Press Forum on Monday.
A 2017 IHL study found that currently women in Mississippi who work full‐time earn approximately 27 percent less than men who work full‐time. That is above the national average of 19 percent. Stats on Fitch's website show that women overall earn on average $0.75 for every $1 men earn.
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