A Conversation with Lilly Ledbetter and Chairman Miller
January 29, 2010
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as posted by the channelOne year ago today, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first major act of Congress signed into law by President Barack Obama. We joined Lilly Ledbetter and Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, to discuss Ledbetters courageous story and what the Act means for working Americans across the country.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restores employees rights to challenge pay discrimination. In the year since the law took effect, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reviewed over 1,100 cases where people were denied wage compensation, and some 4,800 charges alleging wage discrimination were filed with the Commission. Numerous court cases have cited the law in an effort to win compensation for back-earnings.
The Act clarified that every paycheck or other compensation resulting from an earlier discriminatory pay decision constitutes a violation of the Civil Rights Act and applies to workers who file claims of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, or disability. It reversed a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that made it more difficult for Americans to pursue such claims.
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