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Equity in Compensation Act

Introduced: July 30, 2019 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Jul 30, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 30, 2019
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equity in Compensation Act

This bill imposes an additional tax on the income of corporations that have gross revenues in excess of $1 billion and a wage disparity level in excess of 3,000%. A "wage disparity level" is defined as the ratio of the annual salary of the highest compensated officer of the corporation to the median annual salary of all employees of the corporation.

What's happening now July 30, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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