President Obama signs equal pay law

[Eclipse]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Isn't it sad? It didn't stop there either. After suing for discrimination, she was demoted and put on an assembly line requiring her to flip Hummer tires as a frail >60yo woman. She had to take early retirement because she couldn't handle the work after being in management for years. I seriously will never buy another Goodyear tire in my life! At least for her suffering, she can settle for being a hero to working women everywhere!!

AND the issue with this particular case (and the law that President Obama signed) addressed is a person's ability to file suit after 180 days. The Supreme Court ruled that because Ms. Letbetter brought her claim more than 180 days after the *initial* incident of gender discrimination that she could not legally sue her company. The new law states that a claimant has 180 days from each instance of discrimination, which in a case about pay, would be 180 days from each paycheck because each check would be a new incident of discrimination, to file a lawsuit.

The law makes no claims about what employers can or should pay their employees. If an employer can justify because of experience, knowledge, performance, etc. that certain classes of employees have and do performance at a higher rate than others, then there is nothing to prevent them from doing so.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Eclipse

AND the issue with this particular case (and the law that President Obama signed) addressed is a person's ability to file suit after 180 days. The Supreme Court ruled that because Ms. Letbetter brought her claim more than 180 days after the *initial* incident of gender discrimination that she could not legally sue her company. The new law states that a claimant has 180 days from each instance of discrimination, which in a case about pay, would be 180 days from each paycheck because each check would be a new incident of discrimination, to file a lawsuit.

The law makes no claims about what employers can or should pay their employees. If an employer can justify because of experience, knowledge, performance, etc. that certain classes of employees have and do performance at a higher rate than others, then there is nothing to prevent them from doing so.

Very true! We can just hope that these gender inequalities will be caught, and those people will be sued frequently enough to make it not worth their while to discriminate. Considering there are women in this world who are still regarded as property, I can't be too dismissive of this new law.