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thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009

House passes legislation fighting wage discrimination.

— thinkprogress.org — Today, in a vote of 247-171, the House passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which boosts... a woman’s ability to bring pay discrimination lawsuits. The bill overrules a Supreme Court decision that workers must file a discrimination claim ... (more) House passes legislation fighting wage discrimination.

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Woot! Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act Pass House!
Shakesville — Teaspoons ahoy! o.oP This is such great news: In the spring of 2007, the Supreme Court told Lilly Ledbetter, a twenty-year employee of Goodyear Tire in Alabama, that if she wanted to take legal action against the wage discrimination she had suffered, she should have filed a complaint within 180 days of the first discriminatory paycheck she received. Since she hadn't, she had no standing to recover decades of lost wages. The Supreme Court did not make it clear how Ledbetter was supposed to have known that she was being discriminated against after only 180 ...

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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES — Good news: Today Congress took a step toward correcting that injustice. The House passed both the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, restoring and establishing basic protections for employees who are subject to wage discrimination. The Ledbetter Act repeals the 180 day requirement, while the Paycheck Fairness Act protects employees from retaliation by employers if they bring complaints and allows them to sue for compensatory and punitive damages. With news today that unemployment this month has hit 7.2%, a 16-year high, ...