US HB1935 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 59-0)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Addresses pay discrimination in the workplace between men and women. Specifically, the bill allows an employer to base a wage differential determination on an employee's participation in a flexible work arrangement; protects employers who conduct a pay analysis audit to identify and correct pay discrimination from liability for damages relating to such discrimination; makes it an unlawful practice for an employer to rely on the wage history of a prospective employee for hiring and wage determination purposes unless the wage history is voluntarily provided by the prospective employee; makes it an unlawful practice for an employer to prohibit an employee from requesting wage information from another employee or from requesting information about wage differentials; authorizes the Department of Labor to establish a grant program for negotiation skills training for women and girls; and requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the causes and effects of pay disparities among men and women in the workplace and the impact on pay and opportunity for employees who leave the workforce for parental reasons.
Title
Wage Equity Act of 2019
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-27 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. |
2019-03-27 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Labor and employment
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government studies and investigations
Labor and employment
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1935/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1935/BILLS-116hr1935ih.pdf |