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HR 6030 114th Congress House

Pay Equity for All Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit certain practices by employers relating to restrictions on discussion of employees' and prospective e… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit certain practices by employers relating to restrictions on discussion of employees' and prospective employees' salary and benefit history, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2016 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Civil actions and liabilityEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEvidence and witnessesPersonnel recordsWages and earnings
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Sep 14, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 14, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1269)
Sep 14, 2016
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pay Equity for All Act of 2016

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make it an unlawful practice for an employer to:

  • screen prospective employees based on their previous wages or salary histories;
  • seek the previous wages or salary history of any prospective employee from any current or former employer of such employee; or
  • discharge or in any other manner retaliate against any current or prospective employee because the employee opposed any act or practice made unlawful by the Act, or made or is about to make a complaint relating to any such act or practice, or testified or is about to testify, assist, or participate in any manner in an investigation or proceeding relating to any such act or practice.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6030: Pay Equity for All Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6030/
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"H.R. 6030: Pay Equity for All Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6030/.
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H.R. 6030, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6030/.
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