Value, Work and Women

data from the Current Population urvey by the Bureau of Labpr Statistics, Department of Labor).3.Although there are slight fluctuations in the increase, the disparity grows.The median income of women employed full-time was 63% that of full-time male employees in 1956.By 1973 that figure had shrunk to 57%.Ratner, The Policy and the Problem, in Equal Employment Policy for Women 20 (R. Ratnered.1980).L Howe, Pink Collar Workers, 289 (1977) (graphic representation).The pay gap between average earnings of Minnesota employed women and men increased from $4,190 in 1976 to $4,929 in 1981.Minnesota Council on the Economic Status of Women, Pay Equity and Public Employment, Report of the Task Force on Pay Equity I (March 1982) [hereinafter Task Force Report).4. Legislative and judicial employees and members of the Minnesota National Guard are not executive branch employees.A new statute, see infra note 8, covering approximately 29,000 employees working in law enforcement, craft and maintenance, service, health care, and corrections' positions deals with wage disparities.Task Force Report, supra note 3, at 14, 15.5. See Hearings on HI.