Lily Ledbetter addresses the Democratic National Convention
Observers think the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will face tough sailing in the Senate. Meantime, the White House has threatened a veto.
Posted on 01/10/2009 2:12:37 PM PST by xcamel
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Workers who are underpaid by discriminatory employers are one step closer to getting stronger legal recourse after a Friday vote by House lawmakers to amend civil rights legislation. U.S. representatives voted 247 to 171 in favor of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would amend the Civil Rights Act to clarify that each discriminatory paycheck creates a new opportunity for workers to file charges against employers.
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Mark
I am sure the minimum wage workers who can not even qualify for a payday loan can not wait to file a lawsuit and wait for the ruling. Jeez. These people are truly insane.
Job security for lawyers suing businesses.
Another reason for Joe the Plumber types to close their doors.
“...discriminatory employers...” ?????
Killing the middle class small businessowner. I heard by 2029 there’s a chance we could be hit and destroyed by a meteor, any chance we could move this up to this year? I’m sick!
Not going to make it past 12/21/2012
Here we are with the liberal, Democratic policies that are going to bankrupt small businesses and put an end to America once and for all.
Obama and his kind are not interested in raising everyone UP to a higher level.
They want to bring everyone DOWN to a lower level.
Bears repeating.
No bias at all in the lead sentence of this article.
OK, am I the only one who mistakenly read that as "the Silly Bedwetter Fair Pay Act"?
Hey, it’s OK. I was going to hire some people and grow my consulting business this year - now in the era of Obama, no way. I’ll happily remain a one-man show. I wouldn’t want to risk turning a few government dependents into solid, independent citizens when the Democrats need their votes so badly. ;)
Nope..
Yep, they passed that legislation and created the
SEC. 4. COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND HOUSE OFFICES.
(a) Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming-
(1) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION-
(A) ESTABLISHMENT- There is hereby established a Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘select committee’).
(B) COMPOSITION- The select committee shall be composed of 15 members appointed by the Speaker, of whom 6 shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Minority Leader. The Speaker shall designate one member of the select committee as its chair. A vacancy in the membership of the select committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(2) JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS-
(A) LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION- The select committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority to take legislative action on any bill or resolution.
(B) INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION- The sole authority of the select committee shall be to investigate, study, make findings, and develop recommendations on policies, strategies, technologies and other innovations, intended to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of energy and achieve substantial and permanent reductions in emissions and other activities that contribute to climate change and global warming.
(3) PROCEDURE- (A) Except as specified in paragraph (2), the select committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities of, and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions as, a standing committee of the House, and shall be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule.
(B)(i) Rules X and XI shall apply to the select committee where not inconsistent with this resolution.
(ii) Service on the select committee shall not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X.
(4) FUNDING- To enable the select committee to carry out the purposes of this section—
(A) the select committee may use the services of staff of the House; and
(B) the select committee shall be eligible for interim funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X.
(5) REPORTING- The select committee may report to the House from time to time the results of its investigations and studies, together with such detailed findings and recommendations as it may deem advisable. All such reports shall be submitted to the House by December 31, 2010.
The Full Employment For Democrat Tort Lawyers Act of 2009.
(The first of many to come)
Added to the ‘lead test” directive
In 1979 Lilly Ledbetter, the plaintiff, began work at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in its Gadsden, Alabama location, a union plant.
During her years at the factory as a salaried worker, raises were given and denied based on evaluations and recommendations regarding worker performance as is typical. All merit increases had to be substantiated by a formal evaluation.
In November 1998, after early retirement, Ledbetter sued claiming pay discrimination.
Ledbetter claimed that she had been evaluated unfairly because of her gender.
Goodyear appealed, arguing that all claims to damages before September 26, 1997 were void due to the statute of limitations placed on discrimination claims.
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When the Supreme Court handed down its decision, what was your reaction?
I was very disappointed. I really felt that we would get Justice Clarence Thomas [to take my side]. He's an African-American, and he's from Georgia, was raised in the South. He came up the hard way, so to speak, and I understand, too, at one time he worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Goodyear gave instructions when I hired in: "You do not discuss your pay." There were two things that I was required to do: that was to give my fair share to the United Way campaign, being a salaried person, and the other was not to discuss my salary with anyone outside my family.
Lily Ledbetter addresses the Democratic National Convention
Observers think the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will face tough sailing in the Senate. Meantime, the White House has threatened a veto.
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