But while Ledbetter’s contributions toward the fight for equal pay are immortalized with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (which essentially states that each unfair paycheck starts a new ...

Long-term costs of pay gaps. Challenging your employer over unequal pay can be intimidating — especially if you’re standing ...

The EEOC regulates and enforces the Equal Pay Act, which requires men and women in the same positions to receive equal pay for equal work; the commission also enforces laws like the Americans with ...

When the UN declared 1975 to be International Women’s Year, President Ford signed an executive order responding to the ...

Kennedy called for a meaningful civil rights bill in 1963. His efforts were filibustered ... of the most far-reaching sections of the act—addressed equal employment opportunities by prohibiting ...

The suit argues OHSU justified the cut with a flawed reading of Oregon’s Equal Pay Act, signed into law in 2017. Kaul, 73, also claims that OHSU violated age discrimination laws. Kaul seeks $ ...

Speculation is mounting that Birmingham City Council has finally settled equal pay claims from up to 6,000 ... and through the Freedom of Information Act, have so far foundered.

But when we fight for say, voting rights for Black people or equal pay for women ... or the passage of the American Disabilities Act, for instance, our nation ultimately has sought to bend ...

Small business supports extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. However, some Republicans are calling for spending cuts to ...

Debbie Stabenow learned about the scarcity of mental health care when she was a child. Her crusade to change that turned into bipartisan, potentially transformative legislation that's already having ...

Starting Jan. 1, many employers in Illinois will have to disclose pay and benefits information when they post a job opening.

This amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (IL EPA) was contained in HB 3129, passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker in 2023. The amendment brings ...