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2018 SESSION
SB 419 Discriminating between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.
Introduced by: Jennifer T. Wexton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Equal pay irrespective of sex. Amends the existing law requiring equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex to (i) prohibit unequal provision of benefits and privileges on the basis of sex; (ii) prohibit employers from punishing employees for sharing salary information with their coworkers; and (iii) authorize a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to an employee who substantially prevails on the merits in an action for wrongful withholding of wages or benefits and privileges. The measure also deletes the exemption for employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from the Commonwealth's prohibition on discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100949D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/15/18 Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/18 Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/18 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/07/18 Senate: Continued to 2019 in Finance (11-Y 5-N)