Mikulski’s ‘Paycheck Fairness Act’ Would Allow Employees to Discuss Salaries

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2013-01-31 22:34

Article here. Excerpt:

'LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC)- A ‘Paycheck Fairness Act’ introduced in Congress last week would require employers to show pay disparity is related to job-performance and prohibit employer retaliation for sharing salary information with coworkers.

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, both Democrats, said their legislation is aimed at closing the pay gap between men and women and would also address loopholes in the 1963 Equal Pay Act.

Currently, the law allows employers to sue or otherwise punish employees for sharing their salary information and women still make just 77 cents on their male counterpart’s dollar, according to Sen. Mikulski’s office.'

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... the other stuff is based on bunk. The usual 77 cents thing = BS. But employers coming down on ppl for telling coworkers how much they make? That's just wrong. Of course, in work-at-will, termination-for-cause states, what real difference will it make?

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-02-01 01:48