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S 44 115th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor standards Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Wages and earnings

End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act

Introduced: January 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 5, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee who inquires about, discusses, or discloses the wages of the employee or another employee. This protection does not apply to an employee who has access to wage information as part of the employee's essential job functions, unless the disclosure is in response to a sex discrimination complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer.

What's happening now January 5, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 2
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  • HR 1869 Related bill Paycheck Fairness Act
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · May 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 44: End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-44/
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"S. 44: End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-44/.
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S. 44, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-44/.
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