Obama signs 'Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act'
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:13 am
President Obama just signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
As On Deadline previously wrote, "the legislation cancels out a Supreme Court ruling last year that declared plaintiffs had to file wage claims within 180 days of a company's decision to pay a worker less than a counterpart doing the same work
Lilly Ledbetter did not set out to be a trailblazer or a household name. She was just a good hard worker who did her job -– and she did it well -– for nearly two decades before discovering that for years, she was paid less than her male colleagues for doing the very same work. Over the course of her career, she lost more than $200,000 in salary, and even more in pension and Social Security benefits -– losses that she still feels today.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... 62099146/1
As On Deadline previously wrote, "the legislation cancels out a Supreme Court ruling last year that declared plaintiffs had to file wage claims within 180 days of a company's decision to pay a worker less than a counterpart doing the same work
Lilly Ledbetter did not set out to be a trailblazer or a household name. She was just a good hard worker who did her job -– and she did it well -– for nearly two decades before discovering that for years, she was paid less than her male colleagues for doing the very same work. Over the course of her career, she lost more than $200,000 in salary, and even more in pension and Social Security benefits -– losses that she still feels today.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... 62099146/1