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To: MJ who wrote (485138)4/30/2012 4:22:53 PM
From: Brumar894 Recommendations  Respond to of 794188
 
Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to make it easier to sue over pay discrimination ... maybe there's not enough lawsuits. So they're coming up with something to encourage pay discrimination lawsuits.



To: MJ who wrote (485138)4/30/2012 4:41:46 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794188
 
protect women from retaliation by employers if they inquire about salaries paid to male colleagues

This is a solution without a problem. I believe the National Labor Relations Act already protects this kind of inquiry. Not my area of law, but that was my understanding.


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