Barack Obama on Equal Pay, the Wage Gap & the Glass Ceiling
SUPPORT THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT NOW!!! Women Can’t Wait Much Longer: The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan Paycheck Fairness Act more than a year ago, but Senate action on this important bill is stalled. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 182) would make it easier to prove sex discrimination by requiring disclosure about wages, toughening penalties and preventing retaliation. S. 182 is a strong and needed step in the right direction. In honor of Equal Pay Day, urge your senators to move this legislation to a floor vote ASAP.
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Please speak out on behalf of pay equity for all women & Send a message asking your senators to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act NOW.
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A Conversation with Lilly Ledbetter and Chairman Miller
One year ago today, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first major act of Congress signed into law by President Barack Obama. We joined Lilly Ledbetter and Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, to discuss Ledbetters courageous story and what the Act means for working Americans across the country.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restores employees rights to challenge pay discrimination. In the year since the law took effect, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reviewed over 1,100 cases where people were denied wage compensation, and some 4,800 charges alleging wage discrimination were filed with the Commission. Numerous court cases have cited the law in an effort to win compensation for back-earnings.
The Act clarified that every paycheck or other compensation resulting from an earlier discriminatory pay decision constitutes a violation of the Civil Rights Act and applies to workers who file claims of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, or disability. It reversed a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that made it more difficult for Americans to pursue such claims.
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Categories: Obama Equal Pay Bill Tags: equal-pay, lilly ledbetter, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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Barack Obama Signs Anti-Discrimination Law
http://www.TheBarackObamaShop.com/YT13 – President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law– an anti-discrimination law seeking to grant equal pay for women. Dubbed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, it was named after a woman who spent ten years working on its passage.
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