US SB345 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 345 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Workplace Advancement Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work. The prohibition does not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of the employee's job functions discloses such wages to an individual who has no access to them, except in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action with respect to prohibited sex discrimination, including an investigation conducted by the employer. It is the sense of Congress that: (1) gender-based discrimination in wages or compensation violates existing law, and (2) Congress recommits itself to the principles of equal pay for equal work.

Title

Workplace Advancement Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Same As/Similar To

HB1890 (Same As) 2017-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
SB819 (Related) 2017-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB1869 (Related) 2017-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.