Equal Pay Act
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed by President Obama
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Today (January 29, 2009) President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a law named for an Alabama woman who lost her pay-discrimination case at the Supreme Court [...]
Is Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Needed?
Last week, in Part 1 of this series, I discussed the Supreme Court’s Ledbetter decision and the criticism of it that led to the introduction of corrective legislation in the form of the Fair Pay Act.
Today, in Part 2, I’ll cover some reasons why I believe the impact of Ledbetter on employees is not as harsh as critics claim, and why compensation discrimination is not as different from other types of job discrimination as they claim.
Senate Blocks Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Last week Republicans blocked legislation (Fair Pay Act) intended to reverse last year’s Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., widely criticized for making it easier for employers to get away with pay discrimination.
This is Part I of a two-part series on the Ledbetter case and why legislation to overturn it is not urgent and perhaps unwise.
Case Comparing Nurse Practitioners to Physician Assistants Illustrates Equal Pay Act Basics
The Equal Pay Act is not one the more commonly litigated federal employment statutes, in my experience.
Probably this is because it is viewed as embodying a very narrow view of equal work, in implementing the principle of “equal pay for equal work.”
That may be so, but defending an EPA case isn’t always a slam-dunk [...]
