Congress Says No to Equal Pay

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Congress Says No to Equal Pay ... Summary: President Obama vows that his Administration will continue to fight for a woman's right for equal pay ...

Democratic Women's Caucus Calls for Congress to Close the Wage ...

“Equal pay is a matter of fairness and justice and is essential for creating a more equitable and prosperous world,” said DWC Chair Lois Frankel ...

H.Con.Res.22 - Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the ...

Summary of H.Con.Res.22 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women.

House Committee Passes Paycheck Fairness Act

In 1963, Congress established the Equal Pay Act, or EPA, within the Fair Labor Standards Act. The EPA makes it illegal to pay different wages to ...

Equal Pay/Compensation Discrimination

The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be ...

Senate Republicans block bill targeting gender pay gap - POLITICO

The House passed the legislation 217-210 in April. Just one Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick ; “At this stage of the game, it is a no,” Sen.

H.R.7 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Paycheck Fairness Act

It also establishes the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to address compliance, public education, and enforcement of equal pay laws. Finally, the ...

Tell Senators: Women Need Paycheck Fairness NOW

17) has been introduced into every Congress since the mid-1990s and NOW believes that women should not have to wait much longer. Passing this ...

Equal pay bill passed by House but faces long odds in Senate

“Sadly, equal pay is not yet a reality in America,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “It's almost sinful.” The bill would make it ...

President Biden Signs Cantwell-Capito Equal Pay Bill Into Law ...

“Today, the Cantwell-Capito Equal Pay for Team USA Act officially became law,” said Sen. Cantwell. “From here on out, when women win, they no ...

Equal Pay Act of 1963 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The EPA prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort, ...

The Paycheck Fairness Act failed in Congress. What comes next?

The Paycheck Fairness Act sought to build on past legislation — the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 — to ...

The Paycheck Fairness Act - American Bar Association

Gender-based wage discrimination remains a pernicious problem in the workplace despite enactment over 50 years ago of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), ...

Over 60 years after Equal Pay Act, why the gender pay gap persists

More than six decades after the US banned gender-based pay discrimination, American employers continue to pay women less than men.

Equal Pay for Equal Work - U.S. Department of Labor

The Equal Pay Act (EPA) protects individuals of all sexes. All forms of compensation are covered, including salary, overtime pay, bonuses, life insurance, ...

Urge Congress to end pay discrimination - VoterVoice

The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 17/S.728) would help secure equal pay for equal work by closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a law that has not ...

Examining the Equal Pay Act of 1963 - JFK Library

For more than a century, various organizations have attempted to achieve pay equity for women and men. In 1870, Congress passed an amendment to an ...

It's Equal Pay Day — and even the White House has a gender pay gap

Women working in the White House were earning 80 cents for every $1 men earned in 2023, a gap wider than the national average.

Where We Stand: Equal Pay - AAUW

The PFA was reintroduced in Congress on March 9, 2023—urge your members of Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act now. The Fair Pay Act would curb ...

Ahead of Equal Pay Day, Senators Shaheen...

In recognition of Equal Pay Day, Shaheen urges Senate consideration of the Paycheck Fairness Act so Congress can finally take action on ...