Comments on: Conservative women, how do you feel about the equal pay bill that Obama signed into law this morning? ?

By: §§pecial Unicorn

§§pecial Unicorn — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:33:59 +0000

Not much. Given that there are so many rules in the workplace regarding pay and the discussion of such–it would take a lot to be able to prove it to begin with.
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most employees will not discuss because they will be terminated.

By: future fate

future fate — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:25:59 +0000

This is one of those situations where it sounds great, but the devil’s in the details.
How are they going to decide who is doing equal work and who’s not?
Should a woman firefighter or lumberjack who CAN’T do the same physical work as a man get paid the same as he does?
And how many lawsuits are going to result from this law? A LOT I’m guessing, which is the last thing this country needs.
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Oh well.

By: what did you say

what did you say — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:53:59 +0000

Um,that’s how it has always been

maybe you need to rea more than just the highlights
The high court said a person must file a claim of discrimination within 180 days of a company’s initial decision to pay a worker less than it pays another worker doing the same job. Under the new bill, given final passage in Congress this week, every new discriminatory paycheck would extend the statute of limitations for another 180 days.
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By: MyOpinionOnly

MyOpinionOnly — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:43:59 +0000

I see we think alike – this is another one of those instances where we post similar questions. I think it’s awesome that he reversed this legislature; speaks volumes to those that claimed he was sexist during the elections.
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By: STEPH W (Let's do this thing

STEPH W (Let's do this thing — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:53:59 +0000

Conservative women don't follow politics...
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By: Witchy

Witchy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:40:59 +0000

It will decrease the likelihood that employers will hire women.
It will increase the likelihood that employers will slowly lower the pay of men for the SOLE reason to equalize pay without regard to experience or good work habits of the men.

As a woman who works in a prominently male-occupation, this will hurt me rather than help me. The reason there are so few women in my trade is not due to their gender but rather the mandatory overtime, hot and dirty working conditions and the fact that burns are common. Lifting of up to 100 pounds is not uncommon and at times the tooling is 350 degrees. Many women simply aren’t interested.

Now, employers will be shy about hiring me because they’re afraid that I’ll sue them. Great. I already get paid well for my experience but now it’s going to be harder for me to get in the door. I’m more likely to be a liability to them. Just great. I’ll be looking for another occupation.
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By: Angela Q

Angela Q — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:56:59 +0000

I don’t see a law that he signed into law this morning. Are you referring to the Lily Ledbetter Act? She found out she had been discriminated by getting less pay and lower raises than her male counterparts in the same job for her entire career, and sued. The courts ruled that the statute of limitations was 180 days after they discriminated against her, whether she was aware of it or not. So basically, the current law said that if they could keep a woman from finding out for 180 days, the employer was home free. The new law extends the window that the victim has to sue.

And it wasn’t today, it was on the 27th that he signed this bill.
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By: "The Big Cheese"

"The Big Cheese" — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:59 +0000

REpublican answer……………….GEEZ ALL PORK BARREL LAWS JUST GIVING MONEY AWAY AND A WASTE OF TIME!

Logical Answer and MY answer—I think it creates equality that obviously doesn’t exist entirely in the workplace.
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By: justgetitright

justgetitright — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:42:59 +0000

Obama did not sign an equal pay bill. What he signed was a bill that ended the statue of limitations so that women could file a law suit.

The old statute stated that the lawsuit had to be filed within 6 months.

I am not a woman and not an Obama supporter but I would think that a person would know what they are talking about before asking a question.
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By: Michael S

Michael S — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:26:59 +0000

I’m not a conservative and not a woman, but I can’t help but wonder why people think this law was already on the books. The SCOTUS held that a person suing for gender discrimination could only sue if she/he discovered the discrimination within 180 days of initial employment. The problem with that holding was that employers do not just tell employees how much money other employees are making; they try to keep this information secret.

The new law changes the statute of limitations on filing suit to read 180 days from the day the discrepancy was discovered, not 180 days from initial employment. The new law expressly overruled a holding of the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s a HUGE difference.

Saying the new law will have no effect is simply wrong.
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