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PRINTER'S NO. 1673
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
322
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, WILLIAMS, SABATINA, GREENLEAF, DINNIMAN,
HAYWOOD, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, SCHWANK, HUGHES, FARNESE, COSTA,
RESCHENTHALER, BREWSTER AND BROWNE, APRIL 5, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 5, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 12, 2016, as "Equal Pay Day" in Pennsylvania
in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in
earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay
for all.
WHEREAS, More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal
Pay Act, women, especially minority women, continue to suffer
the consequences of unequal pay; and
WHEREAS, According to a report by the National Partnership
for Women & Families, women in Pennsylvania earned a median of
$0.79 for each dollar earned by men as of September 2015; and
WHEREAS, As reported by the United States Census Bureau,
women working full time, year round in 2013 typically earned 78%
of what men earned, indicating little change or progress in pay
equity; and
WHEREAS, According to "Graduating to a Pay Gap," a 2012
research report by the American Association of University Women,
the gender pay gap is evident one year after college graduation,
even after controlling factors known to affect earnings,
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including occupation, hours worked and college major; and
WHEREAS, In 2001, the Georgetown University Center on
Education and the Workforce found that college-educated women
working full time earn $650,000 less than their male peers do
over the course of a lifetime; and
WHEREAS, In 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed
into law, which gives employees their day in court to challenge
a pay gap; and
WHEREAS, Citizens are encouraged to urge their legislators to
pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would amend the Equal Pay
Act by closing loopholes and improving the law's effectiveness;
and
WHEREAS, Nearly 4 in 10 mothers are primary breadwinners in
their households and nearly two-thirds are primary or
significant earners, making pay equity critical to families'
economic security; and
WHEREAS, A lifetime of lower pay means women have less income
to save for retirement and less income counted in a Social
Security or pension benefit formula; and
WHEREAS, Fair pay strengthens the security of families today
and eases future retirement costs while enhancing the American
economy; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate April 12, 2016, as "Equal
Pay Day" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the need to eliminate
the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to
ensure equal pay for all.
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