It would directly benefit paycheck-earning American women and their families, and disproportionately benefit women of color (for whom the wage gap is bigger than average) and single mothers (whose individual income is a far greater portion of their household income).
Imagine if you didn't need to email HR every time you had a question about your benefits or paycheck; instead, you'd log on to a portal where all that information was at your fingertips.
Many Republicans would give priority to Social Security, Medicare, veterans' benefits and paychecks for the armed forces.
They would rather find jobs that offer a steady paycheck, benefits and require far less work.
As the number of jobs across the nation dwindles, more Americans are joining the military, lured by a steady paycheck, benefits and training.
It also means no benefits, no steady paycheck, and the need to always be hustling; in that sense, it fits all too well with the free-agent nation we're increasingly becoming.
It would bring immediate paycheck benefits to the millions of Americans who desperately need extra cash to stay afloat, and it would bring money into the economy from all economic strata.
An office that provided health benefits, a respectable paycheck and a sense of self-worth; an office reached by a commute that did not entail a perilously steep set of stairs.
Senator Patrick J. Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, said flatly that his party should risk the possibility of default — including interruptions in federal benefit checks and paychecks for government workers — if it was the only way to compel the president to support deep spending cuts that will reduce the deficit.
In fact, for a fleeting moment, I wanted my predictable job title, paycheck, benefits and comfortable work environment back.
Almost 300,000 American families are enjoying the benefits of a paycheck now who weren't a month ago, and it's impossible to say that's a bad thing".
