 but also to people who are applying for a new job at the company they already work for, like a promotion or a transfer. Now, proponents say laws like this help close the racial and gender wage gaps. We know that people are not always paid the same money for the same work, in particular across gender and racial lines. A National Women's Law Center study in March 2023 found that Black women in America only earned 52 cents for every dollar made by a white man doing similar work.