A number of the recommendations in IWF's first report in 2016—including tax cuts for workers—have been implemented, but more needs to be done, the group asserts.
Well-meaning but misguided government mandates aimed to help working women can easily backfire and have unintended negative consequences.
So asserts the Independent Women's Forum, which outlines a number of policy changes its members believe would be more effective in the group's second edition of "Working for Women – A Modern Agenda for Improving Women's Lives." A number of the recommendations in IWF's first report in 2016 — including tax cuts for workers — have been implemented, but more needs to be done, the group asserts.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
