Category Archives: Fair pay
What’s up with the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, the Senate passed a version of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (61 Yeas to 36 Nays), which would change employment discrimination law to state that it is unlawful to adopt a discriminatory compensation decision or … Continue reading
Filed under Employment discrimination, Fair pay
Act in favor of fair pay
Interested in the issue of fair pay for women but don’t know what to do? Sign the petition over at the “Out of the Way of Fair Pay” campaign, the result of a collaboration between I Am Progress (part of … Continue reading
Filed under Employment discrimination, Fair pay
Restaurant employers, this is how serious some employment violations can get
Image via Wikipedia Today, the New York Times reports about the arrests of the two owners of the Saigon Grill in New York City. New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced the arrests yesterday. New York’s AG’s office is … Continue reading
Filed under Fair pay, unemployment
How the lack of fair pay affects us all
A 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that you may have heard of, Ledbetter v. Goodyear, says that a person claiming pay discrimination must file their EEOC discrimination claim within 180 days after receiving their first discriminatory paycheck. The case has … Continue reading
