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S 345 115th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor standards Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Wages and earnings Women's employment

Workplace Advancement Act

Introduced: February 8, 2017 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 8, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now February 8, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1890 Identical bill Workplace Advancement Act
  • S 819 Related bill Paycheck Fairness Act
  • HR 1869 Related bill Paycheck Fairness Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 2 Republican 2
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 8, 2017
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 345: Workplace Advancement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-345/
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