Posted on 01/29/2016 6:21:37 AM PST by reaganaut1
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will move on Friday to require companies to report to the federal government what they pay employees by race, gender and ethnicity, part of a push by President Obama to crack down on firms that pay women less for doing the same work as men.
The new rules, Mr. Obama's latest bid to use his executive power to address a priority of his that Congress has resisted acting on, would mandate that companies with 100 employees or more include salary information on a form they already submit annually that reports employees' sex, age and job groups.
"Too often, pay discrimination goes undetected because of a lack of accurate information about what people are paid," said Jenny Yang, the chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which will publish the proposed regulation jointly with the Department of Labor. "We will be using the information that we're collecting as one piece of information that can inform our investigations."
The requirement would expand on an executive order Mr. Obama issued nearly two years ago that called for federal contractors to submit salary information for women and men. Ms. Yang said the rules would be completed in September, with the first reports due a year later.
"Bridging the stubborn pay gap between men and women in the work force has proven to be very challenging," said Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Mr. Obama, noting that the median wage for women amounts to 79 percent of that for men. "We have seen progress, but it isn't enough."
White House officials said that the requirement was intended to bolster the government's ability to penalize companies that engage in discriminatory pay practices and to encourage businesses to police themselves better and correct such disparities.
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I am sure the data will also be posted on public websites so that the aggrieved will be able to see exactly what all of their colleagues are being paid.
It’s Alinsky Community Organizer 101.
These Federal contractors will do whatever their customer wants to get the contract. They will just up the price a little to cover it.
If there really was a gender gap, companies would hire more women to save money.
For true parity, men should get paid paternity leave just the same way women do. After all, biology is a racist/sexist construct now.
Forbidden fruit offered to women again.
So, uh, if there is x-gendered entity, do they get double pay?
That is what they do at the university where I work. There is no merit pay and everyone gets the same raises. Socialist paradise.
Why can’t these companies just refuse??
No Warrant, No Records!
Employers should encourage their female employees to “identify” as men. Voila, gender gap closed!
I suppose lots of payroll accountants are going to be running around trying to verify the genders of employees named Pat and Terry.
THIS POST SAYS IT ALL. CLOSE THE THREAD. NOTHING MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID.
Rule based on what statutory authority or is this E/O again?
If I am a company CEO, I simply REFUSE THIS PETULANT MANCHILD.
He’s probably just “clarifying” oppressive Dept. of Labor OFCCP rules that have been in place for some time.
I have a question regarding the first sentence: Can he?
Can a president just tell people they have to do something because he says so? I think not. Now, if congress passes a law, never mind.
What an ignorant and arrogant little sh*t.
The war on men continues.
Pray America wakes
Fewer women will be hired.
How long before the Feds take control of all the private businesses? Will the Republicans push back on this overwhelming overreach?? Stay tuned, Freedom lovers, I don’t hold out much hope.
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