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0:12Now PlayingDemocrats in both houses of congress are introducing the "Paycheck Fairness Act" aimed at strengthening equal pay protections for women in the workplace.
The law would add provisions to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Among them are prohibiting pay based on salary history, instead mandating that salary is based on an employee's current worth in the marketplace, and it would expand the ability of workers in similar jobs to share salary information.
"I cannot tell you how difficult it has been to break through on something so simple that men and women in the same job deserve the same pay. That's what this is about." Rep. Rosa Delauro (D) Connecticut said.
"President Kennedy signed that equal pay law in 1963, but 50 years later women are still being paid only 80 cents for every dollar men earn," Lilly Ledbetter said. "Those pennies add up to real money. That's why the paycheck fairness act is so important. It provides real protection for real employees in the real world."
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