What it would take to eradicate the wage gap

Women's advocates in Boston want the Massachusetts State House to do more to ensure women receive "equal pay for equal work." A press event earlier this month mostly celebrated proposed legislation to increase penalties for businesses violating equal pay statutes and further regulate compensation practices, but some women leaders recognized that laws alone cannot eradicate the wage gap between men and women. Megan Costello, director of Boston's women's advancement office, was quoted in the NewB

Women's advocates in Boston want the Massachusetts State House to do more to ensure women receive "equal pay for equal work." A press event earlier this month mostly celebrated proposed legislation to increase penalties for businesses violating equal pay statutes and further regulate compensation practices, but some women leaders recognized that laws alone cannot eradicate the wage gap between men and women. Megan Costello, director of Boston's women's advancement office, was quoted in the NewB…