![]() ![]() ![]() The President urges states-and employers-to take action to advance pay equality. States are increasingly taking action to fight pay discrimination, such as California and New York which passed equal pay laws last year and a number of states that will see legislation introduced this year. Call to action: The President is renewing his call to Congress to take up and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, commonsense legislation that would give women additional tools to fight pay discrimination.It expands on and replaces an earlier plan by the Department of Labor to collect similar information from federal contractors. This step – stemming from a recommendation of the President’s Equal Pay Task Force and a Presidential Memorandum issued in April 2014 – will help focus public enforcement of our equal pay laws and provide better insight into discriminatory pay practices across industries and occupations. The proposal would cover over 63 million employees. EEOC Action on Pay Data Collection: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in partnership with the Department of Labor, is publishing a proposal to annually collect summary pay data by gender, race, and ethnicity from businesses with 100 or more employees.Today, the President is highlighting several additional actions that his Administration is taking to further advance equal pay for all workers and to further empower working families: While the gap has narrowed slightly over the past two years, there is much more work to be done to ensure fair pay for all. Yet today, the median wage of a woman working full-time year-round in the United States is about $39,600-only 79 percent of a man’s median earnings of $50,400. Policies that ensure fair pay for all Americans and that help businesses to attract the strongest talent can not only narrow the pay gap, but also boost productivity and benefit our economy. Seven years ago today, President Obama signed into law his first piece of legislation as President, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. “It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign…we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness.” – President Barack Obama, January 29, 2009 ![]()
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