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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 9, 2022 11:06 AM |
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| From: | Representative Donna Bullock and Rep. Melissa L. Shusterman, Rep. Jennifer O'Mara |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Equal Pay |
| Women and people of color remain at a disadvantage in the workplace. They accomplish the same tasks, perform the same jobs, yet are not compensated the same as their counterparts. It is time we stand with women and people of color, demanding change and a solution to this long-standing problem. The time for economic justice is now. Our legislation will prohibit employers from discriminating and paying workers less because of their gender, race, or ethnicity. The bill will also place new penalties on employers using such discriminatory wage practices. It further creates the Equal Pay Commission to investigate and study factors causing pay disparity. We need to correct this economic injustice by allowing employees the ability to inquire about wages and requiring employers to disclose information about wages. It’s time we move forward and ensure all Pennsylvania workers receive equal pay for equal work and eradicate wage disparity once and for all. I ask you to join us in co-sponsoring this legislation in support of equity for all workers. |
Introduced as HB98