new york advocate fight close u.s. gender pay gap hail president barack obama proposal expand salary report requirements say much need end wage discrimination plan company 100 employees must provide data hours work salary range break gender race ethnicity equal employment opportunity commission year help identify combat pay discrimination lisa maatz vice president government relations american association university women say data would useful pass legislation make company comply exist laws prove gender pay gap myth wage gap persistent pernicious problem around awhile maatz say interview still lot change excellent step forward maatz say measure include non-retaliation policies company women ask discrepancies pay change salaries determine would accelerate progress use salary histories rather look resume take account experience pay job worth company lot help close gender pay gap maatz add women earn 79 cents every dollar man make equal work accord institute women policy research although pay gap narrow since 1960 women make 60 cents every dollar institute calculate change continue pace women reach equal pay 2059. current situation bad black women 60 cents latina women 55 cents say vivien labaton co-founder non-profit make work campaign economic security work families labaton say make salary range data company submit equal employment opportunity commission accessible employees would speed change make work call publicly available database would show employers pay different job base sex race ethnicity say commission issue aggregate data reveal particular employer employees information know transparency small gender pay gap say maatz obama 's move gender pay gap see first step uphill battle