- H.R.1338 – To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
- House Reports: 110-783
- Center for American Progress – Fair Pay by the Numbers: “the House passed the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would strengthen current protections against wage discrimination. The act would help close loopholes in current laws that have allowed employers to avoid responsibility for gender-based pay discrimination. It has been 45 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, affording federal protections against wage discrimination to women, minorities, and the disabled. Yet as the numbersbelow shows wage discrimination is still pervasive.
- From $400,000 to $2 million: Lost wages for a woman over a lifetime of unequal pay.
- $48,768: Average income for a male over the age of 15 in 2006.
- $31,402: Average income for a female over the age of 15 in 2006.
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