Update on the Fair Pay Act

by Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Counsel
National Women's Law Center

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is scheduled for a vote next week, possibly as early as Wednesday, April 23. As we’ve explained before, the bill would overturn a recent Supreme Court ruling, Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which made it virtually impossible for women who face pay discrimination to take action against their employers.

Unfortunately, Ledbetter is already being implemented. Just last month, a district court judge dismissed the Title VII claim of an African-American school principal who earned between $5,000 and $10,000 less than two males hired after her, as well as more than $18,000 less than her male predecessor, saying that her claims were barred by Ledbetter. 

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