H R 1338 in Congressional Session 110
Official Summary
Bill Number : H R 1338 |
Title : 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. |
SUMMARY AS OF:
(Sec. 3) Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation; (2) is job-related with respect to the position in question; and (3) is consistent with business necessity. Avers that such defense shall not apply where the employee demonstrates that: (1) an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential; and (2) the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice. Revises the prohibition against employer retaliation for employee complaints. Prohibits retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee or another employee in response to a complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or an investigation conducted by the employer. Makes employers who violate sex discrimination prohibitions liable in a civil action for either compensatory or (except for the federal government) punitive damages. States that any action brought to enforce the prohibition against sex discrimination may be maintained as a class action in which individuals may be joined as party plaintiffs without their written consent. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages in a sex discrimination action. (Sec. 4) Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on matters involving wage discrimination. (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for negotiation skills training programs for girls and women. Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Education to issue regulations or policy guidance to integrate such training into certain programs under their Departments. (Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary to conduct studies and provide information to employers, labor organizations, and the general public regarding the means available to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. (Sec. 7) Establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace for an employer has made substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. (Sec. 8) Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to collect from employers pay information data regarding the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in the enforcement of federal laws prohibiting pay discrimination. (Sec. 9) Directs: (1) the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to continue to collect data on woman workers in the Current Employment Statistics survey; (2) the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to use specified types of methods in investigating compensation discrimination and in enforcing pay equity; and (3) the Secretary to make accurate information on compensation discrimination readily available to the public. (Sec. 10) Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the earmarking of such funds. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary and the Commissioner of the EEOC jointly to develop technical assistance material to assist small businesses to comply with the requirements of this Act. |
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| Title : 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sponsors
| Congressional Sponsors of H R 1338 |
| Bill Number : H R 1338 |
| Title : 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. |
| Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 3/6/2007) |
| , ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort:
by date) Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 4/23/2007 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 6/22/2007 Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 3/6/2007 Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 6/27/2007 Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 4/23/2007 Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 6/22/2007 Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] - 3/6/2007 Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 6/11/2007 Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 3/29/2007 Rep Barrow, John [GA-12] - 6/27/2007 Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 6/22/2007 Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 3/6/2007 Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 3/6/2007 Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 6/7/2007 Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 6/7/2007 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 4/23/2007 Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 6/26/2007 Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 3/6/2007 Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2] - 6/28/2007 Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 3/6/2007 Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 9/24/2007 Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 6/27/2007 Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 5/1/2007 Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 6/27/2007 Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 5/24/2007 Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] - 3/6/2007 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 3/6/2007 Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 5/24/2007 Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] - 11/8/2007 Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3] - 5/24/2007 Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 6/28/2007 Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 6/4/2008 Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 3/6/2007 Rep Castor, Kathy [FL-11] - 6/14/2007 Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 6/7/2007 Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 3/6/2007 Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 4/23/2007 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 6/22/2007 Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 6/26/2007 Rep Clyburn, James E. [SC-6] - 6/22/2007 Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 5/1/2007 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 3/6/2007 Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 6/27/2007 Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12] - 6/22/2007 Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 5/1/2007 Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [AL-5] - 6/7/2007 Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 4/23/2007 Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 6/28/2007 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 6/5/2007 Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7] - 6/26/2007 Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 3/29/2007 Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4] - 6/27/2007 Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 5/17/2007 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 3/6/2007 Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/6/2007 Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 5/1/2007 Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 4/23/2007 Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 3/6/2007 Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 3/6/2007 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 3/6/2007 Rep Edwards, Chet [TX-17] - 6/27/2007 Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 3/6/2007 Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8] - 6/28/2007 Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 6/22/2007 Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 5/1/2007 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/6/2007 Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] - 3/8/2007 Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. [AS] - 6/27/2007 Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 3/29/2007 Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 6/7/2007 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/6/2007 Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 5/24/2007 Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 6/27/2007 Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] - 5/17/2007 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 6/15/2007 Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 4/23/2007 Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 6/11/2007 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 3/6/2007 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 5/24/2007 Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] - 3/6/2007 Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 4/23/2007 Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 6/26/2007 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 6/22/2007 Rep Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [SD] - 6/27/2007 Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 6/26/2007 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 3/6/2007 Rep Hinojosa, Ruben [TX-15] - 5/24/2007 Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 5/1/2007 Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 6/26/2007 Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17] - 5/24/2007 Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 3/8/2007 Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 3/6/2007 Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 6/5/2007 Rep Hoyer, Steny H. [MD-5] - 6/26/2007 Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 6/26/2007 Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 4/23/2007 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 5/17/2007 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/29/2007 Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] - 5/24/2007 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 3/29/2007 Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 5/1/2007 Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 5/1/2007 Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 6/27/2007 Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 6/26/2007 Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 6/7/2007 Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/6/2007 Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 3/6/2007 Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 3/6/2007 Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 6/7/2007 Rep Klein, Ron [FL-22] - 6/28/2007 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 6/26/2007 Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 5/1/2007 Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 3/6/2007 Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 6/27/2007 Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 3/6/2007 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 5/24/2007 Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 3/6/2007 Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 3/28/2007 Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 6/28/2007 Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2] - 4/23/2007 Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 3/6/2007 Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/29/2007 Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 6/27/2007 Rep Mahoney, Tim [FL-16] - 6/27/2007 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 3/6/2007 Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 6/7/2007 Rep Marshall, Jim [GA-8] - 7/10/2007 Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 6/26/2007 Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 3/29/2007 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 3/6/2007 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 3/6/2007 Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 3/29/2007 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 3/8/2007 Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 6/28/2007 Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 6/11/2007 Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 3/29/2007 Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 6/14/2007 Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 6/26/2007 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 3/29/2007 Rep Melancon, Charlie [LA-3] - 6/27/2007 Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 5/24/2007 Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 4/23/2007 Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 3/6/2007 Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] - 6/28/2007 Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1] - 6/22/2007 Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 3/6/2007 Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 6/26/2007 Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 3/6/2007 Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 6/15/2007 Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 6/28/2007 Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 6/27/2007 Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 3/29/2007 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 5/1/2007 Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 5/24/2007 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 3/6/2007 Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 3/6/2007 Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] - 3/6/2007 Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 5/24/2007 Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27] - 6/28/2007 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 5/24/2007 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 6/22/2007 Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/29/2007 Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 4/23/2007 Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7] - 6/27/2007 Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 6/27/2007 Rep Pomeroy, Earl [ND] - 6/5/2007 Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 3/6/2007 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 6/22/2007 Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 6/22/2007 Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] - 6/22/2007 Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37] - 7/23/2008 Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] - 4/23/2007 Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 6/26/2007 Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 5/1/2007 Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 5/1/2007 Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 6/5/2007 Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 6/22/2007 Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 3/6/2007 Rep Salazar, John T. [CO-3] - 6/27/2007 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 4/23/2007 Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 6/22/2007 Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 6/27/2007 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 3/6/2007 Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 4/23/2007 Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 3/6/2007 Rep Scott, David [GA-13] - 6/27/2007 Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 6/26/2007 Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 3/8/2007 Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 3/28/2007 Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 6/28/2007 Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 4/23/2007 Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 3/6/2007 Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 6/28/2007 Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/27/2007 Rep Skelton, Ike [MO-4] - 3/6/2007 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 3/8/2007 Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 5/1/2007 Rep Snyder, Vic [AR-2] - 6/27/2007 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 3/6/2007 Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 6/27/2007 Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] - 4/22/2008 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [SC-5] - 6/27/2007 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/29/2007 Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 6/26/2007 Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 4/23/2007 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 4/23/2007 Rep Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2] - 5/24/2007 Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 6/22/2007 Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 4/23/2007 Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 6/14/2007 Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] - 7/23/2008 Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 7/10/2007 Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 4/23/2007 Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 5/24/2007 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 6/11/2007 Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1] - 6/27/2007 Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1] - 6/27/2007 Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 5/24/2007 Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 6/27/2007 Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 5/1/2007 Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12] - 6/22/2007 Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 3/8/2007 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 5/24/2007 Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 6/11/2007 Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 3/29/2007 Rep Wilson, Charles A. [OH-6] - 6/27/2007 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 3/6/2007 Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 3/8/2007 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 3/6/2007 Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 6/12/2007 |
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| Title : 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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