File Code: Private Sector Labor and Industry
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 698
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Exum, Forehand, Gladden,
Hollinger, Jones, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Pinsky, Ruben, and
Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work
Authorizing an affected employee to bring an action against an
employer to recover compensatory and punitive damages; requiring the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry to assess a specified penalty
against an employer who is found liable by virtue of a final judgment
for the monetary damages; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and
Industry to use the proceeds of the penalty for specified purposes;
establishing an Equal Pay Commission; providing for the membership of
the Commission; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Finance
- 1/31
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/3
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Katherine A. Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DAMAGES
- DISCRIMINATION
- LABOR AND INDUSTRY, DIVISION OF
- MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
- PENALTIES
- REPORTS
- SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME
- SUNSET
- WOMEN
- WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Labor and Employment
- (
3-307 ,
3-309
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered