3.0.0 345 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z 2023-01-11T13:34:48Z Senate S 2017-02-08 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-08T21:32:21Z Paycheck Fairness Act 115 819 S 2017-04-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Workplace Advancement Act 115 1890 HR 2017-04-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS Paycheck Fairness Act 115 1869 HR 2017-04-04 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-02-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE N E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2017-02-08 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-02-08 True Labor and Employment Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor standards Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Wages and earnings Women's employment Labor and Employment 00 2017-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-17T16:03:59Z 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.

]]> Workplace Advancement Act Display Title Workplace Advancement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay requirements. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Workplace Advancement Act Introduced in Senate 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s345is/xml/BILLS-115s345is.xml 2017-02-08 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.