Bill Text: DE HR27 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: Establishing April 8, 2014, As “equal Pay Day” In The State Of Delaware.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-08 - Passed in House by Voice Vote [HR27 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-HR27-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Bolden |
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Reps. Bennett, Briggs King, Heffernan, Hudson, Keeley, Longhurst, M. Smith, Walker, K. Williams |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. |
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ESTABLISHING APRIL 8, 2014, AS "EQUAL PAY DAY" IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
WHEREAS, since 1963, when the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act were signed into law, women, especially minority women, continue to need policies and legislation to encourage fair pay in the workplace; and
WHEREAS, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, year-round, full-time working women earned only 77% of the earnings of year-round, full-time working men, a gap of 23%, indicating little recent progress for pay equality; and
WHEREAS, an analysis by the U.S. Department of Labor statistics data in over 300 classifications showed that women earn less in every occupational classification for which enough data is available, including occupations traditionally dominated by women; and
WHEREAS, just one year out of college, working women are paid on average just 82% of what their male colleagues are paid in the same field and with the same degree; and
WHEREAS, by the age of 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 in wages as a result of the earnings gap; and
WHEREAS, women of color face an even greater wage gap, with African American women having been paid 64% of what white men earned in 2012 and Hispanic and Latina women having earned only 53% of what white men earned in 2012; and
WHEREAS, nearly four in ten mothers are primary breadwinners in their households, and nearly two-thirds are significant earners, making pay equality critical to families' economic security; and
WHEREAS, fair pay policies can be implemented simply and without undue cost or hardship in both the public and private sectors; and
WHEREAS, in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Act was signed into law, which restores protection against pay discrimination; and
WHEREAS, President Barack Obama highlighted the problem of women's wage gap in his 2014 State of Union Address; and
WHEREAS, Tuesday, April 8th, symbolizes the time this year in which the wages paid to women in the United States catch up to the wages paid to men from the previous year;
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 147th General Assembly of the State of Delaware that April 8, 2014 is designated as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of Delaware.
SYNOPSIS
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This Resolution designates Tuesday, April 8, 2014, as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of Delaware. |
