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President Obama signing the Act into law; to his right is the new law's namesake, Lilly Ledbetter The bill ( H.R. 2831 and S. 1843 ) was defeated in April 2008 by Republicans in the Senate who cited the possibility of frivolous lawsuits in their opposition of the bill [ 15 ] and criticized Democrats for refusing to allow compromises.
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 ...
Jim Watson, AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Obama delivers remarks during a commemoration last year of the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. President Barack Obama will sign two executive orders ...
The Employee Free Choice Act would have amended the National Labor Relations Act in three significant ways. That is: section 2 would have eliminated the need for an additional ballot to require an employer recognize a union, if a majority of workers have already signed cards expressing their wish to have a union
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Proponents of the Paycheck Fairness Act consider it an extension of the laws established by the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which makes it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who perform substantially equal work. In order to find an employer in violation of the Equal Pay Act, a plaintiff must prove that "(1) the employer pays ...
In the interest of equal pay, some states have laws that ban employers from asking job applicants for prior salary information entirely. For example, Governor Jerry Brown of California passed AB 168, which forbids all California employers, including state and local government employers, from asking for applicants' prior salary information. [14]
A new report from Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industriesspotlights the hurdles barring the agency from enforcing critical protections for workers, from wage theft to civil rights and paid leave.