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The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–2 (text), S. 181) is a landmark federal statute in the United States that was the first bill signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama on January 29, 2009.
Subsequently, the 111th United States Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 to loosen the timeliness requirements for the filing of a discrimination suit so long as any act of discrimination, including receipt of a paycheck that reflects a past act of discrimination, occurs within the 180-day period of limitations.
But while Ledbetter’s contributions toward the fight for equal pay are immortalized with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (which essentially states that each unfair paycheck starts a new ...
January 29, 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: Changed the statute of limitations for pay discrimination 111-3: February 4, 2009 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009: Expanded funding and eligibility for the State Children's Health Insurance Program: 111-4: February 11, 2009 DTV Delay Act
In 2009, when the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was passed, women made an average of 77 cents for every dollar paid to men. Today, they make an average of 84 cents for every dollar paid to men ...
Two years later, former President Barack Obama signed into the law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which gave workers the right to sue within 180 days of receiving each discrimination paycheck, not just the first one. “Lilly Ledbetter never set out to be a trailblazer or a household name.
AP President Obama with Lilly Ledbetter in 2009 President Barack Obama marked Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by signing two executive orders that address the bald fact that women still make 77 cents on ...
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618 (2007), is an employment discrimination decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. [1] The result was that employers could not be sued under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 over race or gender pay discrimination if the claims were based on decisions made by the employer 180 days or more before the claim.