EQUAL PAY NEW YORK

Lilly Ledbetter Act - One Year Later

Posted by bneufeld on January 26, 2010 at 18:51 pm

Last year on January 29th , after a long struggle, President Obama was presented the Lilly Ledbetter Act, the first bill he signed into law. This law restored the ability of workers to vindicate their right to equal pay in court, putting the law back to where it had been for decades. But, as Lilly said that day - “This is the beginning, not the end.”

ONE YEAR LATER:

! Paycheck Fairness Act is still stuck in the Senate. While Ledbetter restored the law, Paycheck Fairness strengthens the law and plugs loopholes in the 1963 Equal Pay Act.

! The gap between men’s and women’s earnings still hovers at 77 percent…and for women of color it’s much lower.

! New York Senate missed the opportunity to pass the Fair Pay Act to protect our workers.
! Economic times are worse and no man or woman can afford to be shortchanged by pay discrimination.

NOW:

The Equal Pay Coalition NYC is working to insure that all New Yorkers have access to good jobs….access to capital….and fair pay. Join this campaign!

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LILLY SUCCEEDED…IT’S OUR TURN NOW!

VICTORY FOR EQUAL PAY….BASED ON LEDBETTER

Posted by bneufeld on September 10, 2009 at 23:04 pm

LAWS MATTER!
VICTORY FOR EQUAL PAY IN THE COURTS BASED ON LEDBETTER!
(Washington, D.C.) In a triumphant development for equal pay, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of Mary Lou Mikula, holding that her Title VII pay discrimination claim had been erroneously dismissed on the basis that her charge was not timely. The decision relyed on the newly enacted Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restored the law that existed for decades in virtually every region of the country prior to the Supreme Court decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and makes it clear that each discriminatory paycheck is a new act of discrimination that resets the 300-day time period to file a claim.

This ruling underscores the need for strong equal pay laws. We urge you to push Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that will build on the Ledbetter bill by protecting employees and providing incentives for employers to comply with the law. The bill has passed the House and is still gathering co-sponors in the Senate. It currently has 33…and we need more.
HAS YOUR SENATOR SIGNED ON TO PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT? Go to: S.182 Paycheck Fairness Act

More at: National Women’s Law Center www.nwlc.org