Legislative Background on Pay Equity
Recent Action by Congress to Amend the Equal Pay Act
Although the Equal Pay Act, enacted in 1963, made it illegal for employers to practice sex discrimination in the payment of wages, legislation designed to put more teeth in the law has been introduced periodically over the last 20 years by Members of Congress who believe that it has not been adequately enforced. ■ Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, sponsored by Senator Barbara Mikulski (MD-D) and Representative George Miller (CAD). The bill reversed the Supreme Court decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (2007), which…
