Paycheck Fairness Act
Latest action · Mar 6, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for and enforcement of prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages to: (1) add nonretaliation requirements; (2) increase penalties; and (3) authorize the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages.
Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on matters involving wage discrimination.
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for negotiation skills training programs for girls and women. Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Education to issue regulations or policy guidance to integrate such training into certain programs under their Departments.
Directs the Secretary to provide for certain studies, information, national summit, and guidelines, awards, and assistance for employer evaluations of job categories based on objective criteria.
Establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace.
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to collect certain pay information.
Directs: (1) the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to collect data on woman workers in the Current Employment Statistics survey; (2) the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to use specified types of methods in investigating compensation discrimination and in enforcing pay equity; and (3) the Secretary to make accurate information on compensation discrimination readily available to the public.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2007 to Oct 1, 2008, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Mar 6, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Mar 7, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 6, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2699-2700)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1338 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Related bill | Aug 1, 2008 |
Subjects
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- Department of Education
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- Discrimination in employment
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee rights
- Employee training
- Employers' liability
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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- Government Operations and Politics
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- Labor statistics
- Labor unions
- Law
- Legal fees
- Pay equity
- Personnel records
- Position classification
- Punitive damages
- Sex discrimination
- Supervisors
- Surveys
- Vocational and technical education
- Wage surveys
- Wages
- Whistle blowing
- Women
- Women's education
- Women's employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2007Introduced in Senate
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