Anti-Discrimination Laws
LWVAL Action Priority Level III - Issues identified by LWVAL Advocacy Committee and/or State Board or Local Leagues. Monitoring occurs; action dependent on opportunity and available resources.Click a bill to see sponsor(s), synopsis, link to the bill, League action and justification for that action, and progress of the bill through the legislative process.
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HB368 - Discrimination in wages, prohib., retaliation against employee who brings charge of wage discrimination, prohib., penalties
Sponsor(s): Representative Clarke
Synopsis and Analysis : This bill requires equal pay for substantially similar work, regardless of the gender of the employee. It allows the employer to demonstrate reasonable explanations for wage differential. It prohibits retaliation for complaints of violation of this statute.
League Action and Justification: Support. LWVAL supports this legislation based on LWVUS position.
Bill Progress in Legislature:
02/01/2018 - Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government (SG)
Synopsis and Analysis : This bill requires equal pay for substantially similar work, regardless of the gender of the employee. It allows the employer to demonstrate reasonable explanations for wage differential. It prohibits retaliation for complaints of violation of this statute.
League Action and Justification: Support. LWVAL supports this legislation based on LWVUS position.
Bill Progress in Legislature:
02/01/2018 - Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government (SG)
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