3.0.0 2773 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z Senate S 2016-04-11 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-11T21:14:32Z Workplace Advancement Act 114 5237 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS GAP Act 114 2070 S 2015-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2016-04-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2016-04-11 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2016-04-11 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2016-04-11 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2016-04-11 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2016-06-06 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2016-06-08 False Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Employment discrimination and employee rights Government studies and investigations Labor standards Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Wages and earnings Women's employment Labor and Employment 00 2016-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-26T19:51:34Z Gender Advancement in Pay Act or the GAP Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand exceptions to the prohibition against sex discrimination to include payments pursuant to a differential based on expertise, shift, or a business-related factor other than sex, including but not limited to education, training, or experience.

The statute of limitations under the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 for a charge of prohibited sex discrimination, or an action by or on behalf of an employee for such discrimination, shall be tolled until the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Equal Employment Commission or the Department of Justice brings an action or notifies the employee concerned with respect to the charge under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or (2) 270 days after the charge is filed.

Nonretaliation prohibitions are extended to cover inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of an employee or of another employee, or declining to discuss or disclose the employee's wages, with specified exceptions. An employer shall be considered to have committed an unlawful act if the employer requires an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages.

Civil penalties are established for violation of prohibitions against sex discrimination.

The Department of Labor, together with the Department of Education, shall conduct a multistate study, through a grant to a nonprofit research institution, that includes strategies to increase the participation of women in high-wage, high-demand occupations and industries in which women are underrepresented.

The Government Accountability Office shall also conduct a multistate study to develop such strategies.

]]> GAP Act Display Title GAP Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced GAP Act Short Titles as Introduced Gender Advancement in Pay Act Introduced in Senate 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2773is/xml/BILLS-114s2773is.xml 2016-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.