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Despite companies’ best efforts, not every workplace is equally supportive of their female workforce. But sometimes, it may be impacted by local environments.
Workplace insights platform Forage recently assessed almost 400 principal U.S. cities and scored them against 12 criteria including measures of gender equity — such as the wage gap and the gender breakdown of people in management positions — as well as indicators tied to employment, cost of living, public safety and healthcare.
Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio
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