Senate Passes Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act!
Late yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act by a vote of 61 to 36. I’ve written about this legislation several times. This bill reverses the Supreme Court decision in Goodyear v. Ledbetter, which strictly limited the timeframe for employees to file a claim for pay discrimination. Under the Supreme Court decision those claims would be barred by the narrow statute of limitations in Title VII.
It looks as if this will be the first bill signed into by President Obama.
Here’s a link to a news story about the vote.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=awK1FNtOsAVI&refer=us