Better Pay and Lifetime Earnings for Teenage Girls through Adulthood Act

2018-06-28

Introduced in House

Better Pay and Lifetime Earnings for Teenage Girls through Adulthood Act

This bill directs the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor to report to Congress on the gender pay gap in the labor workforce for teenagers and make such report publicly available.

The report must include: (1) an examination of trends and potential solutions to the early wage gap for women; (2) an estimate of overall lifetime earnings and losses for women, including women of color; and (3) recommendations to address pay inequality for young women.

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