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]

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.

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Title

Wage Equity Act of 2019

Sponsors

Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]
Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]
Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]
Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-03-27HouseIntroduced in House

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