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The Paycheck Fairness Act is a proposed United States labor law that would add procedural protections to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Fair Labor Standards Act as part of an effort to address the gender pay gap in the United States.
The bill (H.R. 2831 and S. 1843) was defeated in April 2008 by Republicans in the Senate who cited the possibility of frivolous lawsuits in their opposition of the bill [15] and criticized Democrats for refusing to allow compromises. [16] The bill was reintroduced in the 111th Congress (as H.R. 11 and S. 181) in January 2009.
Paycheck Fairness Act: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. H.R. 8: March 1, 2021: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021: To require a background check for every firearm sale. H.Con.Res. 11: February 1 ...
The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time running out. Social Security bill to expand benefits is in the hands of ...
The bill would also end a second provision that reduces Social Security benefits for those workers' surviving spouses and family members. The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security ...
In fact, the House just voted on a bill that would increase benefits to some individuals.
The Paycheck Fairness Act, introduced in 2009 and repeatedly reintroduced, sought to make equal pay laws stricter but faced ongoing Senate opposition. Despite gradual improvement, the wage gap remains, with white women earning about 84 cents to a white man’s dollar in 2022—a significant but slow increase from 60 cents in 1960. [5]
A new bill on its way to President Biden's desk will boost the Social Security benefits for thousands of retired cops, firefighters, teachers and public servants in Texas.