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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